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13-letter words containing u, n, c, o, l, e

  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • 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.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
  • impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • incongruently — not congruent.
  • inconquerable — That cannot be conquered; unconquerable.
  • inconstruable — unable to be construed
  • incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
  • incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • insulinogenic — Promoting the production of insulin.
  • intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
  • interlocution — conversation; dialogue.
  • interlocutors — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
  • interlocutory — of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.
  • interlocutrix — A female interlocutor.
  • interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
  • interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
  • lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
  • leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
  • low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
  • ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
  • 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 club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
  • 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.
  • macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
  • magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
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