13-letter words containing n, p, d
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
- 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
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- 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.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- openendedness — not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad: an open-ended discussion.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- 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
- 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.
- paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- 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
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paper advance — the feeding of paper through a printer
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- 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.