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13-letter words containing u, r, i, e, l

  • four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
  • frelinghuysenFrederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
  • frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
  • fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
  • fuel air bomb — a type of bomb that spreads a cloud of gas, which is then detonated, over the target area, causing extensive destruction
  • fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
  • gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
  • galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
  • gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
  • gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
  • geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
  • geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
  • gemmuliferous — producing or reproducing by gemmules.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
  • gliding lemur — flying lemur.
  • globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • 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.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • 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.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • guerrilla gig — an impromptu musical performance in an unlikely public space, such as an underground train or on the roof of a building, organized by text-message communication between the band and its fans
  • guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
  • hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heteroclitous — heteroclite
  • heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
  • house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
  • house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
  • huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
  • hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
  • hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
  • hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
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