13-letter words containing e, l, u, c
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
- luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- mackerel gull — tern1 .
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macromolecule — a very large molecule, as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- mercurialness — Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- methylmercury — any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds, Hg(CH 3) 2 , formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms and capable of entering the food chain: used as seed disinfectants.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- misarticulate — to articulate incorrectly or inaccurately
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscalculate.
- miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- 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.
- molluscicides — Plural form of molluscicide.
- monomolecular — noting or pertaining to a thickness of one molecule.