13-letter words containing a, l, u
- dental plaque — a filmy deposit on the surface of a tooth consisting of a mixture of mucus, bacteria, food, etc
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dhu el-hijjah — Islam. the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar, in leap year containing one extra day.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- digital audio — (multimedia, file format) A sequence of discrete samples taken from a continuous sound (audio) waveform. Tens of thousands of samples are taken each second. Each sample represents the intensity of the sound pressure wave at that instant. Apart from the sampling frequency, the other parameter is the digital encoding of each sample including the number of bits used. The encoding may be linear, logarithmic or mu-law. Digital audio is typically created by taking 16-bit samples over a spectrum of 44.1 thousand cycles per second (kHz), this means that CD quality sound requires 1.4 million bits of data per second. Digital telephone systems use lower sample rates. See also Audio IFF, MP3, wav. A FAQ on audio file formats is available. Part 1, Part 2.
- digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- 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.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disilluminate — to darken
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- 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.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
- double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
- double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
- double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
- double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-glazed — of, having, or provided with double glazing: double-glazed windows and doors.
- double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.