13-letter words containing d, i, p, n
- non-deception — the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
- non-deceptive — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- non-depletion — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondeposition — the failure to deposit
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonproduction — Absence of production.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
- open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- 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.
- paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
- paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- 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.
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy