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14-letter words containing u, n, c, o, l, e

  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • non-nucleoside — any of various antiviral drugs that bind directly to reverse transcriptase and prevent RNA conversion to DNA, used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
  • nonaccountable — not accountable
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • noneducational — not educational or related to education
  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • overindulgence — excessive indulgence
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
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