13-letter words containing u, t, e, r, l
- interstimulus — being, or relating to, the interval between the occurrence of two stimuli in a psychological experiment
- intervalvular — Between valves.
- intervolution — (rare) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.
- intracellular — within a cell or cells.
- intratelluric — Geology. located in, taking place in, or resulting from action beneath the lithosphere.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- journal entry — sth written in a diary
- kemal ataturk — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- kettledrummer — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- latin quarter — the quarter of Paris on the south side of the Seine, especially frequented for centuries by students, writers, and artists.
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- least squares — a method of estimating values from a set of observations by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observations and the values to be found.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- letter ruling — a written ruling sent by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in response to a query concerning the application of the tax laws to a specific situation.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lever tumbler — a flat metal tumbler in a lock.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- little russia — former name for the region consisting mainly of Ukraine but sometimes considered as including adjacent areas.
- little turtle — (Michikinikwa) 1752?–1812, leader of the Miami tribe.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.