13-letter words containing o, r, d, a, l
- north holland — a province in W Netherlands. 1163 sq. mi. (3010 sq. km). Capital: Haarlem.
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- old ritualist — Raskolnik.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- orlando lasso — Orlando di [dee] /di/ (Show IPA), (Orlandus Lassus) 1532–94, Flemish composer.
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- patrol leader — the leader of a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.