13-letter words containing t, u, l, e
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- lusus naturae — a deformed person or thing; freak.
- luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- 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
- maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- mare australe — (Southern Sea) an area near the south pole of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- 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.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
- mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- metal fatigue — a weakening and breaking of metal due to it bending and flexing
- metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
- 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.
- metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
- methylmercury — any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds, Hg(CH 3) 2 , formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms and capable of entering the food chain: used as seed disinfectants.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- 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
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscalculate.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.