13-letter words containing l, u, i, k
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- multi-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multiskilling — the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- nizam al-mulk — title of Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Ali. ?1018–92, Persian statesman; vizier of Persia (1063–92) for the Seljuk sultans: assassinated
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
- rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- skill-fulness — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- ugly duckling — an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.
- unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- unprovokingly — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly