13-letter words containing d, o, y, l
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monocotyledon — an angiospermous plant of the class Monocotyledones, characterized by producing seeds with one cotyledon and an endogenous manner of growth.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- multimodality — the quality or state of being modal.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- nobody's fool — person: intelligent
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondialyzable — not dialyzable or capable of undergoing dialysis
- 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.
- 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.
- oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- old and young — people of all ages
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polycotyledon — a plant having more than two cotyledons, as certain gymnosperms.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- polyprotodont — any marsupial of the group Polyprotodontia, characterized by four or more upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw: includes the opossums and bandicoots
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.