13-letter words containing d, e, t, o
- overconfident — too confident.
- overcorrected — Simple past tense and past participle of overcorrect.
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- overdecorated — Simple past tense and past participle of overdecorate.
- overdependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overdramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- 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.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overmultitude — to exceed in number
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- overstretched — to stretch excessively.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- oxford theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1550–1604.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- 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
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- patrol leader — the leader of a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- peppered moth — a European geometrid moth, Biston betularia, occurring in a pale grey speckled form in rural areas and a black form in industrial regions
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- periodic rate — The periodic rate is the interest rate charged for each period, such as monthly or quarterly.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
- periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perpend stone — a large stone that passes through a wall from one side to the other
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- photodetector — photosensor.
- photorecorder — a device for making photographic records.