12-letter words containing d, o, u, a, l
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- 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.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- 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.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- 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.
- 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.
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- 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.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside