13-letter words containing e, l, u, s
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
- least squares — a method of estimating values from a set of observations by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observations and the values to be found.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leisureliness — The property of being leisurely.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
- let us assume — You can use let us assume or let's assume when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
- liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- little russia — former name for the region consisting mainly of Ukraine but sometimes considered as including adjacent areas.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
- 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.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).