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

  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • non-judgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • 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-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • noneducational — not educational or related to education
  • nonjudgemental — Alternative spelling of nonjudgmental.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • nulli secundus — second to none
  • nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • odontoglossums — Plural form of odontoglossum.
  • 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.
  • ordinal number — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • overindulgence — excessive indulgence
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • 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.
  • penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • pull-down list — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
  • pull-down menu — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down menu", "pop-down menu") A menu in a graphical user interface, whose title is normally visible but whose contents are revealed only when the user activates it, normally by pressing the mouse button while the pointer is over the title, whereupon the menu items appear below the title. The user may then select an item from the menu or click elsewhere, in either case the menu contents are hidden again. A menu item is selected either by dragging the mouse from the menu title to the item and releasing or by clicking the title and then the item. When a pull-down menu appears in the main area of a window, as opposed to the menu bar, it may have a small, downward-pointing triangle to the right. Compare: scrollable list.
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
  • queensland nut — macadamia.
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