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

  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • situationally — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • snowball bush — guelder rose.
  • social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • 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)
  • sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
  • south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
  • suntan lotion — cream that protects against the sun
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • suppositional — the act of supposing.
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • tone language — a language, as Swedish, Chinese, Yoruba, or Serbo-Croatian, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
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