13-letter words containing i, o, d, u, s
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- 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.
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- i told you so — If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- inodorousness — the quality of being inodorous
- inquisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of inquisition.
- insidiousness — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- introductions — Plural form of introduction.
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- 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
- joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- melodiousness — The property of being melodious.
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling