13-letter words containing a, l, u
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- coulomb's law — the principle that the force of attraction or repulsion between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. A similar law holds for particles with mass
- counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- 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 plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- 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.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- cramer's rule — a method involving the determinant of the coefficients, for calculating a unique solution for a given system of linear equations.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
- culture clash — a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
- culture trait — any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication.
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- dauntlessness — The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
- dean of guild — the titular head of the guild or merchant company in a Scots burgh, who formerly exercised jurisdiction over all building in the burgh in the Dean of Guild Court
- 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.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- default route — (networking) A routing table entry which is used to direct packets addressed to hosts or networks not explicitly listed in the routing table.
- deglutination — to extract the gluten from.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- delian league — an alliance of ancient Greek states formed in 478–77 bc to fight Persia
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- denaturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize.