13-letter words containing a, n, u, l, s
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
- 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.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- linguistician — linguist (def 1).
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- 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.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monumentalise — Alt form monumentalize.
- monumentalism — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems