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13-letter words containing a, l, d, e

  • nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
  • nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
  • nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
  • nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional
  • nondepletable — not depletable
  • nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
  • nondialyzable — not dialyzable or capable of undergoing dialysis
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
  • nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
  • nonincidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
  • nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
  • nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • nonrecordable — Not recordable.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • noradrenaline — norepinephrine.
  • novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
  • nucleic acids — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • occidentalize — to make Occidental.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old icelandic — Old Norse as used in Iceland. Abbreviation: OIcel.
  • old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
  • old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • onondaga lake — salt lake northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.: c. 5 sq mi (13 sq km)
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
  • 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
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
  • over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
  • overallocated — Allocated in excess.
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