13-letter words containing a, d, e, n, o
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- organ grinder — an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- organ-grinder — an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out-and-outer — a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- over and over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.