15-letter words containing ul
- 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.
- draft-mule work — drudgery
- droste-hulshoff — Annette Elisabeth Freiin von [ah-net-uh ey-lee-zah-bet frahy-in fuh n] /ɑˈnɛt ə eɪˈli zɑˌbɛt ˈfraɪ ɪn fən/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, German poet.
- dumbbell nebula — the planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, which in photographs appears to have the shape of a dumbbell.
- dumdum (bullet) — a soft-nosed bullet that expands when it hits, inflicting a large, jagged wound
- emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- 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.
- euler's circles — a diagram in which the terms of categorial statements are represented by circles whose inclusion in one another represents the inclusion of the extensions of the terms in one another
- expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
- extracellularly — In an extracellular manner.
- extracurricular — (of an activity at a school or college) Pursued in addition to the normal course of study.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- fault tolerance — (architecture) 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
- ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- ferrous sulfide — a dark or black metallic crystalline compound, FeS, insoluble in water, soluble in acids, used in ceramics and to generate hydrogen sulfide.
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- formal calculus — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
- foul one's nest — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
- french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
- frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
- fulfill oneself — to realize completely one's ambitions, potentialities, etc.
- full employment — all of workforce is employed
- full of oneself — full of pride or conceit; egoistic
- full outer join — outer join
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- full-moon maple — Japanese maple.
- fuller's teasel — a Eurasian teasel plant, Dipsacus fullonum, whose prickly flower heads are used for raising the nap on woollen cloth
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- galactic nebula — a nebula in the Milky Way.
- gaspe peninsula — a peninsula in SE Canada, in Quebec province, between New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence River.
- gerald mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
- granulitization — the process whereby metamorphism acts on a rock and reduces it to crystalline grains
- groundwood pulp — wood pulp consisting of groundwood that has not been cooked or chemically treated, used for making newsprint and other poorer grades of paper.
- gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
- gulf of finland — an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
- half-successful — achieving or having achieved success.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hercules beetle — a large Neotropical rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules.