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.