13-letter words containing o, n, s, l, a, u
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- full of beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- 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.
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- inquisitional — Of or pertaining to an inquisition.
- inquisitorial — of or relating to an inquisitor or inquisition.
- institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- 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.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper