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14-letter words containing u, n, a, r, o

  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
  • inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
  • institutionary — of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
  • interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intracutaneous — within the skin.
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
  • juicing orange — an orange that is grown especially for its juice, for example the Valencia orange
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
  • landing ground — airfield
  • languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
  • lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
  • loud and clear — loudly and clearly
  • lower silurian — Ordovician
  • lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
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