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13-letter words containing l, o, a, d, s

  • non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
  • nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nondivisional — Not divisional.
  • nonindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • nonscandalous — Not scandalous.
  • novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • old ritualist — Raskolnik.
  • old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
  • old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
  • ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
  • orlando lasso — Orlando di [dee] /di/ (Show IPA), (Orlandus Lassus) 1532–94, Flemish composer.
  • orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
  • radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
  • ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
  • random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
  • read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
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