13-letter words containing c, e, s, u
- intellectuals — Plural form of intellectual.
- interlocutors — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- justice court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- justificative — Justificatory.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- 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.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- macías nguema — a former name of Bioko.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
- main sequence — a narrow band in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in which 90 percent of all observed stars are plotted.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.