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14-letter words containing tu

  • natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
  • natural gender — gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it.
  • natural number — a positive integer or zero.
  • natural parent — biological parent.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • natural rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
  • natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
  • naturalization — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
  • nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
  • non-contextual — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
  • non-gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • 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-returnable — not returnable.
  • non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
  • nonbarbiturate — a drug that does not contain barbiturates
  • nonconstituent — Not constituent.
  • noncontractual — relating to obligations not expressed in a contract
  • objet de vertu — an object of virtu
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • overstructured — excessively structured or organized.
  • painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • picture editor — someone whose job is to deal with the photographs and illustrations for a newspaper or magazine
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • picture puzzle — jigsaw puzzle (def 1).
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • prairie turnip — breadroot.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
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