13-letter words containing n, o, r, d, p
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonproduction — Absence of production.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nonrespondent — someone who is not a respondent
- old pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- overdependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation