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14-letter words containing n, o, i, d

  • animadversions — Plural form of animadversion.
  • animal kingdom — a category of living organisms comprising all animals
  • anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
  • antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
  • anthropoid ape — any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
  • anti-dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
  • anti-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • anti-oxidizing — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
  • antidefamation — (of a group or organization) against defamation
  • antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
  • antidepression — alleviating or preventing depression
  • antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
  • antidromically — in an antidromic manner
  • antimonic acid — antimony pentoxide.
  • antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
  • antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
  • antoine dominoAntoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
  • appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
  • appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
  • apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
  • arcado-cyprian — an ancient language group of eastern Greece.
  • archidiaconate — the office, term of office, or area of jurisdiction of an archdeacon
  • arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
  • arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
  • ascending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).
  • assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
  • auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
  • audio response — a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical
  • auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
  • auditory nerve — either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, which connect the ear with the brain and carry impulses relating to sound and balance
  • autoantibodies — Plural form of autoantibody.
  • autodesk, inc. — (company)   The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
  • aviation badge — wings.
  • aviation cadet — one who trains to become an officer in an air force.
  • aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
  • avoidance play — a play by the declarer designed to prevent a particular opponent from taking the lead.
  • axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • ball indicator — a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.
  • ballon d'essai — a project or policy put forward experimentally to gauge reactions to it
  • baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
  • bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
  • bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
  • bastardization — the act of bastardizing
  • be in bad odor — to be in ill repute
  • be of one mind — to have the same opinion or desire
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • bending moment — the algebraic sum of all the moments to one side of a cross-section of a beam or other structural support
  • benzodiazepine — any of a group of chemical compounds that are used as minor tranquillizers, such as diazepam (Valium) and chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
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