13-letter words containing d, s, i
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- mohammedanism — Muhammadanism; Islam.
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- molluscicides — Plural form of molluscicide.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- mood disorder — any mental disorder, as depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or cyclothymia, in which a major disturbance of feelings or emotions is predominant.
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- muhammadanism — Islam.
- multi-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multiindustry — Of or pertaining to more than one industry.
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
- multistranded — having several strands
- multitudinous — forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- myristic acid — an oily, white crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 2 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in soaps, cosmetics, and in the synthesis of esters for flavors and perfumes.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
- 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.
- nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
- nitwittedness — The quality of being nitwitted.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- non-deciduous — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- non-defensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- non-residence — not resident in a particular place.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonassociated — (of natural gas) not associated with a deposit of crude oil
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- noncondensing — Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nondeposition — the failure to deposit