14-letter words containing y, a, l, u
- campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
- capital outlay — a capital expenditure.
- carbonyl group — the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.
- carboxyl group — functional group in organic acids
- caucasian lily — a tall lily plant, Lilium monadelphum, having large, fragrant, drooping golden-yellow flowers.
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- clausius cycle — Rankine cycle.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- countably many — countable
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cutlery drawer — a drawer in which cutlery is kept
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclobutadiene — (organic compound) The unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, C4H4 that is the smallest annulene.
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disillusionary — of or relating to disillusion
- disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- doubly serrate — biserrate
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- electrocautery — Cautery using a needle or other instrument that is electrically heated.
- enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- equity capital — Finance
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.