15-letter words containing lu
- added-value tax — value-added tax.
- aggregate value — the total value of a number of smaller sums, added together and treated as an individual sum
- alluvial mining — a method of extracting minerals by dredging alluvial deposits
- alpha-cellulose — a refined, insoluble form of cellulose derived from cotton or wood pulp, and used in manufacturing
- aluminium oxide — a white or colourless insoluble powder occurring naturally as corundum and used in the production of aluminium and its compounds, abrasives, glass, and ceramics. Formula: Al2O3
- aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
- aluminum borate — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, 2Al 2 O 3 ⋅B 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of crown glass.
- aluminum bronze — any of several alloys containing a high percentage of copper with from 5 to 11 percent aluminum and varying amounts of iron, nickel, manganese, and other elements.
- anacoluthically — in an anacoluthic manner
- anti-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- asian influenza — pandemic influenza caused by a strain of the influenza virus first isolated in Singapore in 1957
- autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
- avian influenza — an acute, usually fatal viral disease of chickens and other domestic and wild birds except pigeons, characterized by sudden onset of symptoms including fever, swollen head and neck, bluish-black comb and wattle, and difficult respiration.
- beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
- benzyl fluoride — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 7 F, used in organic synthesis.
- bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
- blue cattle dog — an Australian breed of dog with a bluish coat, developed for herding cattle
- blue wood aster — a composite plant, Aster cordifolius, of North America, having heart-shaped leaves and pale-blue flowers.
- blue-eyed grass — any of various mainly North American iridaceous marsh plants of the genus Sisyrinchium that have grasslike leaves and small flat starlike blue flowers
- blueback salmon — sockeye salmon.
- bluegrass state — Kentucky (used as a nickname).
- brazilian plume — a tropical American plant, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, having hairy, prominently veined leaves and a short, dense cluster of purple or pink flowers, grown in greenhouses or outdoors in warm regions.
- buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
- calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
- capital surplus — any surplus of a business firm not derived from direct earnings or profits
- champagne flute — a tall, thin champagne glass
- chorale prelude — a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations
- circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
- class inclusion — the relation between two classes in which all members of one class are included in the other, as in the proposition “All humans are animals.”.
- clumber spaniel — a type of thickset spaniel having a broad heavy head
- cluster college — a small residential college affiliated with a university but semi-independent and specializing in one field of study.
- copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
- core curriculum — a group of subjects that all students in a certain type of school or of a certain age must study
- cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
- critical volume — the volume occupied by one mole or unit mass of a substance in its critical state
- crossover value — the percentage of offspring showing recombination among the total offspring of a given cross. It indicates the amount of crossing over that has occurred and therefore the relative positions of the genes on the chromosomes
- cry blue murder — to make an outcry
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- decree absolute — A decree absolute is the final order made by a court in a divorce case which ends a marriage completely.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- disillusionised — Simple past tense and past participle of disillusionise.
- disillusionized — Simple past tense and past participle of disillusionize.
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- domain calculus — (database) A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
- double-declutch — to change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle by first placing the gear lever into the neutral position before engaging the desired gear, at the same time releasing the clutch pedal and increasing the engine speed
- e pluribus unum — one out of many: the motto of the USA
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- ethyl cellulose — an ethyl ether of cellulose obtained as a white granular solid by treating wood pulp soaked in sodium hydroxide (alkali cellulose) with ethyl chloride: used in adhesives, plastics, insulation, etc.
- excluded middle — the principle that every proposition is either true or false, so that there is no third truth-value and no statements lack truth-value
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