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13-letter words containing d, a, r, i, o, l

  • 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 ritualist — Raskolnik.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
  • 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
  • ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • 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.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • 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
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quadrilocular — having four compartments
  • radial motion — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • radialization — the act of forming or arranging in a radial pattern
  • radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
  • radio control — remote control by means of radio signals from a transmitter
  • radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
  • radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
  • radiolocation — the method or process of determining the position and velocity of an object by radar.
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