13-letter words containing c, e, d, u, l, a
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- 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.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- 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.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
- dual-attached — The form of FDDI interface where a device is connected to both FDDI token-passing rings, so that uninterrupted operation continues in the event of a failure of either of the rings. All connections to the main FDDI rings are dual-attached. Typically, a small number of critical infrastructure devices such as routers and concentrators are dual-attached, whereas host computers are normally single-attached or dual-homed to a router or concentrator. For example, a ring could be formed between a single router and two concentrators (all dual-attached) then all other components that need to be fault-tolerant (typically file servers) can be dual-homed to both concentrators.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- excludability — The ability to be excluded.
- extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.