15-letter words containing l, o, u, d, n
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- field of honour — the place or scene of a battle or duel, esp of jousting tournaments in medieval times
- field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
- flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
- fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
- food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
- football ground — an area of land where football games are played
- formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- functional food — a food containing additives which provide extra nutritional value
- functional load — the relative frequency of occurrence of words that are differentiated in one and the same position by only one distinctive feature. In English, the opposition of voiced and voiceless th has a low functional load being used only to distinguish such pairs as ether and either, or wreath and wreathe.
- glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- ground landlord — a landlord who receives ground rent.
- ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
- groundwood pulp — wood pulp consisting of groundwood that has not been cooked or chemically treated, used for making newsprint and other poorer grades of paper.
- gulf of finland — an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
- hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- immunomodulator — a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
- in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
- internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
- irish wolfhound — one of an Irish breed of large, tall dogs having a rough, wiry coat ranging in color from white to brindle to black.
- islands council — (in Scotland since 1975) any of the three divisions (Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles) into which the Scottish islands are divided for purposes of local government
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state