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13-letter words containing o, p, e, n, a, d

  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
  • expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
  • exponentiated — Simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate.
  • fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
  • get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • 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).
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • 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.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • mindanao deep — an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 feet (10,497 meters).
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • 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 plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • 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
  • non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • nondepletable — not depletable
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
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