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11-letter words containing l, a, o, u

  • double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
  • double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
  • double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
  • double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
  • double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
  • double-date — to take part in a double date.
  • double-deal — to practice double-dealing.
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
  • douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
  • douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
  • drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
  • dual ported — A term used to describe memory integrated circuits which can be accessed simultaneously via two independent address and data busses. Dual ported memory is often used in video display hardware, especially in conjunction with Video Random Access Memory (VRAM). The two ports allow the video display hardware to read memory to display the contents on screen at the same time as the CPU writes data to other areas of the same memory. In single-ported memory these two processes cannot occur simultanteously, the CPU must wait, thus resulting in slower access times. Cycle stealing is one technique used to avoid this in single-ported video memory.
  • dualization — to make dual.
  • duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
  • duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
  • ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
  • educational — pertaining to education.
  • edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
  • edulcorator — a device that supplies small quantities of a liquid to a mixture
  • eglandulose — eglandular
  • ejaculation — The action of ejecting semen from the body.
  • ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
  • elucidation — Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.
  • elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
  • elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
  • elutriation — The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
  • emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
  • emolumental — relating to emolument
  • endoluminal — Lb anatomy Within the lumen.
  • enucleation — (surgery) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
  • epipetalous — (of stamens) attached to the petals
  • episepalous — growing upon a sepal
  • equicaloric — equal in terms of calories
  • equinoctial — Happening at or near the time of an equinox.
  • equivocally — With ambiguity.
  • esquamulose — Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin.
  • eurodollars — deposits of U.S. dollars in banks outside the U.S., especially in Europe
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