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

  • 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.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • 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.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
  • quarter nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position beside an opponent, puts one hand on the opponent's head, passes the free arm under the far arm of the opponent, and locks the free arm to the other arm by clasping the wrist.
  • quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • quasiessential — Almost essential.
  • queens problem — eight queens puzzle
  • queensland nut — macadamia.
  • querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
  • query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
  • quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quincentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 500 years.
  • quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
  • quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
  • quinquelingual — Written in five languages.
  • quinquennially — Every five years.
  • quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
  • raunch culture — a culture which promotes overtly sexual representations of women, as through the acceptance of pornography, stripping, nudity in advertising, etc, esp when this is encouraged by women
  • reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
  • read-only user — (jargon)   Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
  • rearticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
  • relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
  • relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • resultant tone — a musical sound sometimes heard when two loud notes are sounded together, either lower in pitch than either (differential tone) or higher (summational tone)
  • resultlessness — the state or quality of being resultless
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
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