13-letter words containing o, r, m, n, d
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- neuroectoderm — (anatomy) The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue.
- nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
- 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-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- non-motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- nonrandomness — the quality or condition of not being random
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- of many words — talkative
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- on good terms — in a friendly way, amicably
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- promised land — Heaven.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- radial motion — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- random-access — direct-access.