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13-letter words containing d, e, t, o

  • odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
  • old pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
  • old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
  • old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
  • oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
  • on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly
  • on good terms — in a friendly way, amicably
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • on the inside — in a position allowing access to secret information, special advantage or favor, etc.
  • on the needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
  • on-the-record — on-record.
  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • 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.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • orthohydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in the same direction.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • out of danger — no longer at risk
  • out-and-outer — a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.
  • out-performed — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
  • outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
  • outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
  • outer product — cross product.
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • output device — (hardware)   Electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a display screen, printer, loudspeaker or storage device. Most modern storage devices such as disk drives and magnetic tape drives act as both input and output devices, others such as CD-ROM are input only.
  • outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
  • outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
  • over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
  • over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
  • over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
  • over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
  • over-standing — overreach (def 13).
  • over-the-road — of, for, or pertaining to transportation on public highways: over-the-road trucks.
  • overallocated — Allocated in excess.
  • overcommitted — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
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