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13-letter words containing l, o, r, d, s, u

  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
  • lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
  • loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
  • ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
  • middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
  • non-credulous — marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor.
  • nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nonindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
  • off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
  • old ritualist — Raskolnik.
  • overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
  • redissolution — the act of redissolving
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • sugar of lead — lead acetate.
  • supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
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