13-letter words containing d, o, u, s, i, n
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- 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.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- 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.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- inodorousness — the quality of being inodorous
- inquisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of inquisition.
- insidiousness — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- introductions — Plural form of introduction.
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- 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
- joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- melodiousness — The property of being melodious.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
- multitudinous — forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- 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.