12-letter words containing l, e, d, o, u
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
- full-blooded — of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred: a full-blooded Cherokee.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
- funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground level — ground state.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- guelder rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guelder-rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.