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

  • degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
  • denticulation — a denticulate structure
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
  • devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
  • dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
  • dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
  • digital audio — (multimedia, file format)   A sequence of discrete samples taken from a continuous sound (audio) waveform. Tens of thousands of samples are taken each second. Each sample represents the intensity of the sound pressure wave at that instant. Apart from the sampling frequency, the other parameter is the digital encoding of each sample including the number of bits used. The encoding may be linear, logarithmic or mu-law. Digital audio is typically created by taking 16-bit samples over a spectrum of 44.1 thousand cycles per second (kHz), this means that CD quality sound requires 1.4 million bits of data per second. Digital telephone systems use lower sample rates. See also Audio IFF, MP3, wav. A FAQ on audio file formats is available. Part 1, Part 2.
  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • disfunctional — dysfunction.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
  • documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • domical vault — cloistered vault.
  • doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
  • double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
  • double magnum — Jeroboam (def 2).
  • double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
  • double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
  • double whammy — twofold misfortune
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • double-glazed — of, having, or provided with double glazing: double-glazed windows and doors.
  • double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • dual national — a person that has dual nationality
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
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