13-letter words containing d, u, e, l
- fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
- fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foldoc source — The source text of FOLDOC is a single plain text file. FOLDOC is also available on paper from your local printer but, at 700,000+ words, that would be about 2000 pages.
- food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fuddle-duddle — to depart; be off.
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fully fledged — Fully fledged means complete or fully developed.
- 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
- gliding lemur — flying lemur.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- 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.
- 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
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- 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.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- 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.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).