13-letter words containing d, e, i, c, n
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- noncondensing — Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
- nonconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- nonconfidence — a motion of parliament expressing a lack of confidence in the government
- noncorrodible — (of a metal) not capable of rusting, decaying, or eroding
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nondeductible — Not allowable as a deduction from income for the calculation of taxes.
- nondemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nonincidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
- nonmechanized — Unmechanized.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nonrestricted — confined; limited.
- noradrenergic — Having the quality of noradrenaline.
- 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.
- oceanic ridge — any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior
- 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.
- old icelandic — Old Norse as used in Iceland. Abbreviation: OIcel.
- on cloud nine — blissfully happy
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
- 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
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- overconfident — too confident.
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- 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
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- post-actinide — transactinide