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13-letter words containing g, a, u

  • 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.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
  • junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
  • jus sanguinis — the principle that the country of nationality of a child is that of the country of nationality of the parents.
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
  • labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • language arts — study of reading and writing
  • 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.
  • languishingly — In a languishing manner.
  • 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.
  • laughing gull — a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
  • legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
  • leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.
  • light quantum — photon.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • linguistician — linguist (def 1).
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
  • little league — The Little League is an organization of children's baseball teams that compete against each other in the United States.
  • liver sausage — liverwurst.
  • logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
  • long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • luang prabang — Louangphrabang.
  • luggage label — a label that identifies the owner of a piece of luggage
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • lunar landing — arrival on surface of the moon
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