13-letter words containing r, e, u, t, l, i
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- little russia — former name for the region consisting mainly of Ukraine but sometimes considered as including adjacent areas.
- little turtle — (Michikinikwa) 1752?–1812, leader of the Miami tribe.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
- miracle fruit — the berrylike fruit of either of two African shrubs, Synsepalum dulcificum or Thaumatococcus daniellii, that, when chewed, causes sour substances to taste sweet.
- misarticulate — to articulate incorrectly or inaccurately
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.
- mistle thrush — a large, European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, that feeds on the berries of the mistletoe.
- mother liquor — the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multicamerate — having numerous chambers
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multicellular — composed of several or many cells.
- multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
- multicultured — Having more than one culture.
- multicurrency — Involving more than one currency.
- multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
- multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
- multilamellar — referring to a lamella or lamellae.
- multiliteracy — The ability to be literate in terms of text in media other than paper.
- multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
- multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
- multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts