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

  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualises — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
  • control survey — an accurate survey of a region forming a basis for more detailed surveys.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • convolutedness — twisted; coiled.
  • convulsiveness — The state or quality of being convulsive.
  • coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
  • council estate — a housing development built by a local council
  • councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
  • counterassault — a counterattack
  • cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
  • curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • disillusionise — Alternative spelling of disillusionize.
  • disillusionize — to disillusion.
  • disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
  • double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
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