13-letter words containing s, i, l, u
- glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
- guilelessness — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guiltlessness — The state of being guiltless; innocence.
- gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- 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.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- i told you so — If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'.
- i'll show you — You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- iguassu falls — a waterfall on the Iguassú River, on the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. 210 feet (64 meters) high.
- ill-disguised — badly concealed or hidden.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illusionistic — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- illustratable — Capable of being illustrated.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.