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13-letter words containing n, i, d, l

  • nucleic acids — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • nudist colony — a place where group of nudists live together separated from the rest of the community
  • null and void — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • occidentalize — to make Occidental.
  • octodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 57 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 108 zeros.
  • odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old icelandic — Old Norse as used in Iceland. Abbreviation: OIcel.
  • old ironsides — the U.S. frigate Constitution (used as a nickname).
  • old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • on cloud nine — blissfully happy
  • on the fiddle — If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • 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.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
  • phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
  • phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
  • pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
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