10-letter words containing a, c, u, l
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculate — to form into flocculent masses.
- fluctuated — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- foliaceous — of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
- follicular — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- full-cream — denoting or made with whole unskimmed milk
- full-faced — having a plump or round face.
- full-scale — having the exact size or proportions of the original: a full-scale replica.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fungicidal — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- funiculars — Plural form of funicular.
- funiculate — having a funicle.
- funkadelic — (music) Of, or relating to, funkadelia.
- funnel cap — any of various basidiomycetous fungi of the genus Clitocybe, characterized by the funnel-shaped caps and, usually, markedly decurrent gills
- furuncular — boil2 .
- gay-lussac — Joseph Louis [joh-zuh f loo-ee,, -suh f;; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i,, -səf;; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.
- geniculate — having kneelike joints or bends.
- gesticular — pertaining to or characterized by gesticulation.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glucosuria — glycosuria.
- glumaceous — glumelike; chaffy.
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- gracefully — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- graticules — Plural form of graticule.
- guard cell — either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close.
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- immaculacy — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immaculate — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- includable — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- inculcated — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- inculcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculcate.
- inculcator — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.