12-letter words containing d, a, e, l, u
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadequately — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.