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14-letter words containing our

  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • milligram hour — a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
  • milligram-hour — a unit of measure for a dose of radium expressed as the amount of radiation received by exposure to one milligram of radium for one hour.
  • missouri river — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
  • mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
  • mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
  • nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
  • nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • 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.
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • people's court — small-claims court.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • pour le merite — for merit.
  • primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
  • primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • process colour — any of the four colours (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) used in process printing
  • racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
  • return journey — the journey back from a destination
  • roll of honour — A roll of honour is a list of the names of people who are admired or respected for something they have done, such as doing very well in a sport or exam.
  • run its course — (of something) to complete its development or action
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • shopping hours — the times during which shops are open
  • single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • slate-coloured — like slate in colour
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
  • startle colour — a bright region of an animal's coloration, normally hidden from view and often part of a design resembling birds' eyes, etc, exposed when the animal is disturbed by a predator
  • straw-coloured — If you describe something, especially hair, as straw-coloured, you mean that it is pale yellow.
  • superior court — the court of general jurisdiction found in many states of the United States.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
  • till all hours — until very late
  • tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • tourist office — information centre for sightseers
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
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