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16-letter words containing l, o, u, d

  • off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
  • oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
  • order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
  • ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • orographic cloud — any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.
  • outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
  • padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
  • panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
  • perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • pilot production — sth produced on a trial basis
  • pseudo-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudo-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • pseudocopulation — pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect
  • pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • quasi-diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
  • rattle around in — to live or work in (a house, office, etc.) that is too big for one's needs
  • razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • red flour beetle — a reddish-brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc.
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • religious leader — head of a church or order
  • returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • round-shouldered — having the shoulders bent forward, giving a rounded form to the upper part of the back.
  • rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
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