13-letter words containing a, l, u, s
- liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- little russia — former name for the region consisting mainly of Ukraine but sometimes considered as including adjacent areas.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
- lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- lunar caustic — silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- lusus naturae — a deformed person or thing; freak.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macrovascular — Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malthusianism — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- mare australe — (Southern Sea) an area near the south pole of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- mariculturist — One who engages in mariculture.
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mercurialness — Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.