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13-letter words containing i, n, d, s, p, o

  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • expeditionist — (rare) One who goes on an expedition.
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • food shopping — shopping to buy food
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • indisposition — state of being indisposed.
  • insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
  • 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
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
  • mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
  • needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • nondeposition — the failure to deposit
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nondispersive — not dispersive
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
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