13-letter words containing l, a, i, d, u
- quadrilocular — having four compartments
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
- quindecennial — of or relating to a period of 15 years or the 15th occurrence of a series, as an anniversary.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
- sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- sunda islands — a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
- telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- to play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
- ultra-radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- ultrararefied — extremely rarefied
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.
- unarticulated — not articulated