13-letter words containing p, u, l
- double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- double-dumped — (of a wool bale) compressed, with two bales occupying the volume-equivalent of one ordinary bale
- double-duplex — (communications) (From telegraphy) A full-duplex link with two telegraphers (a sender and a receiver) at each end, to simultaneously transmit in both directions. Compare: single-duplex.
- double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- durable press — permanent press.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- equipollently — With equal power.
- equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- 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
- excess supply — a situation in which the market supply of a commodity is greater than the market demand for it, thus causing its market price to fall
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- give a leg up — to help to mount
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
- gulf of papua — an inlet of the Coral Sea in the SE coast of New Guinea
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.