13-letter words containing i, n, d, s, p
- 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.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
- periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
- phong shading — (graphics) A model of how light is reflected from surfaces used extensively in three dimensional graphics to generate visually realistic images.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- plains indian — a member of any of the North American Indian peoples formerly living in the Great Plains of the US and Canada
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.