13-letter words containing n, o, l, a, d
- 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.
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
- maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- mandibuliform — Having the form of a mandible; - said especially of the maxill\u00e6 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
- mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- maxillodental — Relating to the jaw and teeth.
- maxwell demon — a hypothetical agent or device of arbitrarily small mass that is considered to admit or block selectively the passage of individual molecules from one compartment to another according to their speed, constituting a violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- nitrolic acid — any of several weak acids formed when nitrous acid reacts with a nitroparaffin
- no man's land — an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established.
- no-man's land — No-man's land is an area of land that is not owned or controlled by anyone, for example the area of land between two opposing armies.
- nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
- nodical month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
- non-amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- non-colloidal — pertaining to or of the nature of a colloid: colloidal gold and silver.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- non-dialectic — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- non-editorial — of or relating to the commissioning or compiling of content for publication, or to a person who does such work: editorial policies; editorial skills.
- non-euclidean — differing from the postulates of Euclid or based upon postulates other than those of Euclid.
- non-juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.