13-letter words containing d, i, s, o, l
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
- i told you so — If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'.
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
- incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
- indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- iridocyclitis — (medicine) A type of anterior uveitis.
- island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- isospondylous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- lines of code — (programming, unit) (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
- loose-jointed — having or marked by easy, free movement; limber.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.