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

  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • 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.
  • postmenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • 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.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
  • 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-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
  • quasi-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
  • quintus prolog — (language, product)   A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
  • quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • 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)
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • rossel current — a seasonal Pacific Ocean current, a branch of the South Equatorial Current, flowing W and NW past New Guinea.
  • rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
  • sale or return — an arrangement by which a retailer pays only for goods sold, returning those that are unsold to the wholesaler or manufacturer
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
  • sensualization — to render sensual.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • sld resolution — (logic, programming)   (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • solicitousness — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
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