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13-letter words containing a, d, p, t, i, o

  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
  • exponentiated — Simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate.
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
  • hypohydration — Dehydration.
  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
  • latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
  • moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
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