13-letter words containing o, d, y, n
- hypo-chondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hypohydration — Dehydration.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indian yellow — Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- 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.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- intoxicatedly — In an intoxicated fashion; drunkenly.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- 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
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
- kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- 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.
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- made of money — very rich
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- many-coloured — having many colours
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- mixed economy — an economy in which there are elements of both public and private enterprise.
- 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.
- mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
- monocotyledon — an angiospermous plant of the class Monocotyledones, characterized by producing seeds with one cotyledon and an endogenous manner of growth.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- neo-orthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
- ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
- nobody's fool — person: intelligent
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-commodity — an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
- non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.