13-letter words containing l, u, n, a, r
- bonded labour — a system in which a person provides labour in order to pay off debts
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- burning glass — a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
- cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- carbonneutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cerulean blue — a light-blue to strong greenish-blue color.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- circularizing — Present participle of circularize.
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation