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13-letter words containing u, t, i

  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • logic circuit — a circuit designed to perform complex functions defined in terms of elementary functions of mathematical logic.
  • logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
  • long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
  • 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
  • lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
  • loss function — (in decision theory) a function that expresses the loss incurred when a decision is made in terms of various factors.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • lunar caustic — silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
  • lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
  • luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
  • macadamia nut — edible seed
  • macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
  • macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
  • malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • malthusianism — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
  • manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • mariculturist — One who engages in mariculture.
  • martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
  • martinez ruiz — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), Azorín.
  • masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • mater turrita — Cybele.
  • matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
  • matriculation — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • matriculatory — relating to matriculation
  • matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
  • mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
  • measurability — capable of being measured.
  • media studies — educational subjects or courses relating to the mass media
  • medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
  • medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
  • medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
  • meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
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