13-letter words containing c, u, p, l
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- excess supply — a situation in which the market supply of a commodity is greater than the market demand for it, thus causing its market price to fall
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- 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.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- insusceptible — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracapsular — Within a capsule.
- john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
- 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.
- 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
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- 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.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.