13-letter words containing d, e, n, u, c, l
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- difficultness — The state or quality of being difficult.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- double bounce — (of the ball in tennis, table tennis, etc) two bounces on the same side of the net before a return
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- eudicotyledon — any plant belonging to one of the two major groups of flowering plants, comprising over 60 per cent of all plants, normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indiscussible — unsuitable for or not subject or open to discussion; not negotiable.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- 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.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- knuckle under — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- 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.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- non-credulous — marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor.