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14-letter words containing u, n, d, l, a, c

  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
  • levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • loud and clear — loudly and clearly
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • noneducational — not educational or related to education
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • un-dialectical — dialectic.
  • unacademically — in an unacademic manner
  • unaccidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
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