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13-letter words containing d, e, i, n, o

  • modem session — a period of time during which a computer is connected to another through a modem.
  • moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
  • modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
  • modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
  • modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
  • mohammedanism — Muhammadanism; Islam.
  • mohammedanize — Islamize.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • monkey bridge — flying bridge.
  • monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
  • mont-de-piete — a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
  • monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
  • morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
  • mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
  • mourning dove — variety of pigeon
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
  • narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
  • national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
  • needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
  • neighboorhood — Alternative spelling of neighbourhood.
  • neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
  • nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
  • new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
  • new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
  • ngo dinh diem — 1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
  • niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
  • niçoise salad — salade niçoise
  • niddle-noddle — nodding
  • nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
  • ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nitrous oxide — a colorless, sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble gas, N 2 O, that sometimes produces a feeling of exhilaration when inhaled: used chiefly as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery, in the manufacture of chemicals, and as an aerosol.
  • no-confidence — If members of an organization pass a vote or motion of no-confidence in someone, they take a vote which shows that they no longer support that person or their ideas.
  • non-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • non-conducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
  • non-confident — having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
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