13-letter words containing r, d, o, p, i, n
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- 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
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- 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.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypo-chondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hypohydration — Dehydration.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- 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).
- 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
- 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.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- 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.
- nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonproduction — Absence of production.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.