13-letter words containing lu
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- luxuriousness — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- 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.
- 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.
- mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- molluscicides — Plural form of molluscicide.
- multicellular — composed of several or many cells.
- ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
- nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- non-collusion — a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.
- non-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- noncellulosic — not derived from or containing cellulose: Nylon is a noncellulosic fiber.
- nonconclusion — the failure to come to a conclusion
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- novelty value — value through being new and previously unknown
- oil pollution — pollution caused by the leaking of oil, esp. from a ship
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- oral solution — An oral solution is a medicine in liquid form for drinking.
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
- plus juncture — open juncture.