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13-letter words containing d, i, e, l

  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • 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.
  • ordered field — Mathematics. a field containing a subset of elements closed under addition and multiplication and having the property that every element in the field is either zero, in the subset, or has its additive inverse in the subset.
  • 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
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • 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
  • overcivilized — excessively civilized
  • overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
  • overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
  • overmultitude — to exceed in number
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • 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
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
  • 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).
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
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