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13-letter words containing o, r, m, n, d

  • randomization — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
  • reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
  • recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
  • redevelopment — the act or process of redeveloping.
  • reindeer moss — any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, especially the gray, many-branched C. rangiferina, of arctic and subarctic regions, eaten by reindeer and caribou.
  • rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
  • richmond hill — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, N of Toronto.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
  • rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
  • rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
  • round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
  • salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
  • strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
  • tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
  • trade mission — commercial business trip
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • unmoved mover — prime mover (def 3).
  • unmoved-mover — Mechanics. the initial agent, as wind or electricity, that puts a machine in motion. a machine, as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source.
  • unrecommended — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • unrecompensed — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
  • untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
  • upon my word! — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • uranium oxide — any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O 9 , or U 3 O 8 .
  • well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
  • woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
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