13-letter words containing m, u, d, l
- double-dumped — (of a wool bale) compressed, with two bales occupying the volume-equivalent of one ordinary bale
- double-minded — wavering or undecided in mind.
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- dumbfoundedly — In a dumbfounded manner.
- dumdum bullet — a hollow-nosed or soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound.
- dumdum-bullet — a hollow-nosed or soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound.
- dummy element — an otherwise empty element that stands in for and holds the position of another element in a sentence
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- film industry — all the companies, studios, people etc involved in making commercial films collectively
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- gliding lemur — flying lemur.
- glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
- individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
- industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
- jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves.
- james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
- judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
- judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
- judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- kettledrummer — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.