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13-letter words containing u, l, t, i, m

  • conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
  • consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
  • consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
  • contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
  • costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
  • costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
  • court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
  • court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
  • custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
  • demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
  • disilluminate — to darken
  • dissimilitude — unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
  • dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • 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
  • domical vault — cloistered vault.
  • dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
  • enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
  • ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
  • euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
  • exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
  • fatigue limit — the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without failing.
  • feuilletonism — The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
  • filibusterism — (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
  • fill-out form — (programming)   A type of user interface used, for example, on the web, to organise a set of questions or options for the user so that it resembles a traditional paper form that is filled out. Typical query types are: fill-in-the-blank (text), menu of options, select zero or more, or select exactly one ("radio buttons"). Most web browsers support fill-out forms. Overview.
  • film industry — all the companies, studios, people etc involved in making commercial films collectively
  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • 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.
  • formularistic — relating to formularization
  • fort moultrieWilliam, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
  • funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
  • functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
  • fusarium wilt — a disease of plants, characterized by damping-off, wilting, and a brown dry rot, caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium.
  • fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
  • gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
  • 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.
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