13-letter words containing a, l, i, u
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- intraocularly — into or in the eye
- intratelluric — Geology. located in, taking place in, or resulting from action beneath the lithosphere.
- intravalvular — Between valves.
- intravascular — within the blood vessels.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- intuitionally — With intuition.
- involuntarily — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
- judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- latin quarter — the quarter of Paris on the south side of the Seine, especially frequented for centuries by students, writers, and artists.
- latitudinally — of or relating to latitude.
- laughing gull — a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.