13-letter words containing a, n, o, d, y
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hybridization — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypo-chondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypohydration — Dehydration.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- indian yellow — Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- intoxicatedly — In an intoxicated fashion; drunkenly.
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- made of money — very rich
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.