13-letter words containing i, n, o, r, d, e
- horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- 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.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenizing — Present participle of hydrogenize.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hydroxide ion — the anion OH−.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- in good order — If something is in good order, it is in good condition.
- in moderation — not to excess
- in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
- incident room — An incident room is a room used by the police while they are dealing with a major crime or accident.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indirect cost — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indiscretions — Plural form of indiscretion.
- indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- indoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- indoor soccer — a form of soccer played indoors by two teams of six players each, usually on a hockey rink covered with a temporary floor with walls to keep the ball in play, in which a player who commits a foul is penalized by suspension from play for a certain amount of time, as in hockey.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- inner product — Also called dot product, scalar product. the quantity obtained by multiplying the corresponding coordinates of each of two vectors and adding the products, equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
- inodorousness — the quality of being inodorous
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- interdominion — occurring between sovereign states of the Commonwealth
- intermediator — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- inverted snob — a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.