11-letter words containing l, i, u, e
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
- culverineer — a soldier bearing a culverin
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- cushionless — without a cushion
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- declivitous — fairly steep
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deductively — In a deductive manner; using deduction.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- deevolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- defeudalize — to reverse the process of feudalization
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
- delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
- delinquents — Plural form of delinquent.
- delinquincy — Alternative form of delinquency.
- deliquesced — Simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- delta virus — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delusionist — a person prone to delusions
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of demulsify.
- demultiplex — (electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer).
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.
- demutualize — If a savings and loan association or an insurance company demutualizes, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a different kind of company.
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.