13-letter words containing a, d, e, n, o
- under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- underreaction — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undoctrinaire — a person who does not subscribe to a particular doctrine or theory; a free thinker
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unideological — not having, belonging to, or relating to any particular ideology or belief system
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unmetabolized — not metabolized
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unopinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- uranium oxide — any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O 9 , or U 3 O 8 .
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- vin ordinaire — inexpensive table wine, usually of unspecified origin.
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- wooden indian — a carved wooden statue of a standing American Indian, formerly found before many cigar stores as an advertisement.
- wooden-headed — thick-headed, dull; stupid.
- word deafness — inability to comprehend the meanings of words though they are heard, caused by lesions of the auditory center of the brain.
- world war one — international conflict of 1914-1919
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
- xenodiagnosis — a method of diagnosing certain diseases caused by insects, ticks, or other vectors, by allowing uninfected vectors to feed on the patient and later examining them for infections.
- yankee doodle — (italics) a song with a melody of apparent British origin, popular with American troops during the Revolutionary War.
- yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
- young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted