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

  • 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.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • 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.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • out of control — wild, unrestrained
  • 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.
  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
  • 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
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • 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.
  • polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
  • 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
  • public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
  • public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
  • public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
  • public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
  • public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., especially as a guide to action, decision, or the like.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
  • quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quincentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 500 years.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
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