12-letter words containing u, l, t, r
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- entablatures — Plural form of entablature.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- equalitarian — Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
- equilaterals — Plural form of equilateral.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- eure-et-loir — a department of N central France, in Centre region. Capital: Chartres. Pop: 412 094 (2003 est). Area: 5940 sq km (2317 sq miles)
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- euroterminal — a railway terminus from which trans-European trains operate
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exarticulate — (zoology) Having only one joint; said of certain insects.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus