13-letter words containing d, i, e, r, s
- multistranded — having several strands
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- neighborhoods — Plural form 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.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- 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.
- non-residence — not resident in a particular place.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- 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.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonesterified — relating to a fatty acid that is not esterified with glycerol to make glyceride
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonrestricted — confined; limited.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- nudiustertian — (rare, obsolete) Of the day before yesterday.
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- old ironsides — the U.S. frigate Constitution (used as a nickname).
- 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
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.