13-letter words containing a, u, t, o, l, i
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- 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-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.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- 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.
- 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
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- 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
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- 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.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- 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-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
- dual national — a person that has dual nationality
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
- equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
- equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- fantin-latour — (Ignace) Henri (Joseph Théodore) [ee-nyas ahn-ree zhaw-zef tey-aw-dawr] /iˈnyas ɑ̃ˈri ʒɔˈzɛf teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1836–1904, French painter.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.