13-letter words containing c, e, l, d, i
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
- non-dialectic — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- non-euclidean — differing from the postulates of Euclid or based upon postulates other than those of Euclid.
- non-inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- non-medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
- nonaccidental — not accidental, intentional
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- noncorrodible — (of a metal) not capable of rusting, decaying, or eroding
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- nonincidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- 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.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- occidentalize — to make Occidental.
- octodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 57 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 108 zeros.
- office-holder — An office-holder is a person who has an important official position in an organization or government.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- old icelandic — Old Norse as used in Iceland. Abbreviation: OIcel.
- on cloud nine — blissfully happy
- 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.
- 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
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- ottawa euclid — Euclid
- overcivilized — excessively civilized
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
- paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
- 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
- pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
- pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.