14-letter words containing u, r, l
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- non-liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- non-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- non-neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- non-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- non-regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- non-resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- non-returnable — not returnable.
- non-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- noncirculating — not circulating
- noncontractual — relating to obligations not expressed in a contract
- nonequilibrium — The condition of not being in equilibrium.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- nonutilitarian — Not utilitarian.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
- nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
- nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- null character — Computers. a control character representing nothing, with the value of binary zero, but having special meaning when interpreted as text, as in marking the end of character strings.
- numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- on your mettle — If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
- oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.