13-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- 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.
- incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
- inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
- individuation — the act of individuating.
- 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).
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- indolequinone — (chemistry) Any of a class of molecules based upon an indole but with two additional ketone groups (quinone) attached to the ring structure.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- 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
- 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.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- 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.
- juan de onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- junior doctor — a doctor in postgraduate training
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
- lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- ludicrousness — The state or quality of being ludicrous.
- magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.