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13-letter words containing l, o, u, d

  • oeil-de-boeuf — a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze.
  • off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • old and young — people of all ages
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • old ritualist — Raskolnik.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • on cloud nine — blissfully happy
  • on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • ottawa euclid — Euclid
  • outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
  • overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • overmultitude — to exceed in number
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quadrilocular — having four compartments
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • quindecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 48 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 90 zeros.
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