13-letter words containing a, s, u, l, t, c
- mariculturist — One who engages in mariculture.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- 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.
- misarticulate — to articulate incorrectly or inaccurately
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscalculate.
- miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.
- nature's call — call of nature.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- stalactitious — containing stalactites
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.