13-letter words containing l, o, u, s, i
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- 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.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- i told you so — If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'.
- i'll show you — You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illusionistic — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- illustriously — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- illustrissimo — most illustrious (esp as belonging to the Italian aristocracy)
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- in conclusion — to sum up, to conclude
- in silhouette — If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.