13-letter words containing p, o, d, e, t
- 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.
- endophenotype — (medicine) any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- 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.
- expeditionist — (rare) One who goes on an expedition.
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- exponentiated — Simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate.
- export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
- glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
- good-tempered — good-natured; amiable.
- 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
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- 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.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hypertrophied — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypoeutectoid — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in despite of — in spite of
- inner product — Also called dot product, scalar product. the quantity obtained by multiplying the corresponding coordinates of each of two vectors and adding the products, equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- jet-propelled — propelled by a jet engine or engines.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.