14-letter words containing u, n, r, d
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
- juan fernandez — a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- landing ground — airfield
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- latitudinarian — allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
- long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
- long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- martin du gard — Roger [raw-zhey] /rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel prize 1937.
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- motor industry — the manufacturers of cars viewed as a sector
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.