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13-letter words containing c, e, u

  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • 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.
  • literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
  • little cuttle — a small cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
  • low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
  • lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
  • ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
  • lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • 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.
  • lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
  • luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • macías nguema — a former name of Bioko.
  • mackerel gull — tern1 .
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • macromolecule — a very large molecule, as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.
  • macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
  • macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
  • madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
  • magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • 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
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • 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.
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • 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.
  • mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.
  • masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
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