13-letter words containing a, l, u, r
- antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
- antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
- appeals court — An appeals court is the same as an appellate court.
- apple of peru — a plant, Nicandra physalodes, of the nightshade family, having large blue flowers.
- aquaculturist — a person who practises aquaculture
- arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
- archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
- architectural — Architectural means relating to the design and construction of buildings.
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- asexual spore — a spore that is the result of asexual reproduction
- assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- asylum seeker — An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- atroceruleous — a deep blue-black color.
- attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- australia day — a public holiday in Australia, commemorating the landing of the British in 1788: observed on January 26
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- balsam spruce — either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea, P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- baluster stem — a stem of a drinking glass or the like having a gradual swelling near the top or bottom.
- banded purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- beau brummell — any dandy or fop
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
- bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
- bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
- biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.