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13-letter words containing o, d, i, u

  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
  • hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
  • hypoeutectoid — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
  • i told you so — If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say 'I told you so'.
  • i'll be bound — I am sure (something) is true
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
  • incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
  • individuation — the act of individuating.
  • indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
  • indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
  • indolequinone — (chemistry) Any of a class of molecules based upon an indole but with two additional ketone groups (quinone) attached to the ring structure.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
  • injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
  • inner product — Also called dot product, scalar product. the quantity obtained by multiplying the corresponding coordinates of each of two vectors and adding the products, equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
  • inodorousness — the quality of being inodorous
  • inquisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of inquisition.
  • insidiousness — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
  • insolubilized — Made insoluble.
  • insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
  • introductions — Plural form of introduction.
  • invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
  • isospondylous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike
  • jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
  • joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
  • junior doctor — a doctor in postgraduate training
  • jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
  • launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
  • lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
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