13-letter words containing a, l, i, t, r, u
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
- connaturality — the quality of being connatural
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
- culture trait — any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication.
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- denaturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- dirty laundry — personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- dirty-laundry — personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.