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13-letter words containing t, e, l, u, o

  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  • deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
  • devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
  • dextroglucose — dextrose
  • dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
  • direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dissoluteness — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
  • documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
  • documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • dolly mixture — a mixture of small coloured sweets
  • double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
  • double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
  • double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • double-bottom — tandem trailer (def 1).
  • double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • double-dotted — (of a note) increased to one and three quarters of its original time value by the addition of two dots
  • double-tailed — (of a lion) represented with two tails joined together next to the body.
  • double-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
  • doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
  • doughnut hole — a funding shortfall in the standard drug benefit offered by many Medicare prescription drug plans
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • educationally — pertaining to education.
  • effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
  • electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
  • electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
  • electron tube — (electronics)   (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
  • electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
  • eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
  • encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  • enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
  • entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
  • equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
  • equipollently — With equal power.
  • equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
  • estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
  • ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
  • ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
  • ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
  • eudicotyledon — any plant belonging to one of the two major groups of flowering plants, comprising over 60 per cent of all plants, normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed
  • exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
  • expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
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