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13-letter words containing d, e, l, u, a

  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
  • half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
  • hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • hexadactylous — hexadactylic
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • 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.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • 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.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
  • ile du diable — French name of Devil's Island.
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
  • individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
  • individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
  • industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • ineducability — Inability to be educated.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • jesus sandals — simple leather sandals of a type often worn by hippies
  • judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • 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.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • 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.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
  • liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
  • loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
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