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13-letter words containing d, o, t, l

  • nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
  • norethynodrel — a progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used in combination with an estrogen in some oral contraceptives.
  • north holland — a province in W Netherlands. 1163 sq. mi. (3010 sq. km). Capital: Haarlem.
  • north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
  • nudist colony — a place where group of nudists live together separated from the rest of the community
  • nylon letdown — evacuation from an aircraft by means of a parachute.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • occidentalize — to make Occidental.
  • octodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 57 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 108 zeros.
  • odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
  • odontoglossum — any epiphytic orchid of the genus Odontoglossum, of the mountainous regions from Bolivia to Mexico.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
  • old pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
  • old ritualist — Raskolnik.
  • old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
  • old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
  • oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • on the needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • 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.
  • orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
  • overallocated — Allocated in excess.
  • overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
  • 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.
  • pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • 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
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
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