13-letter words containing od
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- sarcodinians' — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
- severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
- sociodramatic — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- sodium iodide — a colorless or white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaI, used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, in organic synthesis, and as a disinfectant in veterinary medicine.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- south modesto — a town in central California.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- sweated goods — goods that are made by exploited labour
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- theodosius ii — a.d. 401–450, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 408–450.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- under the sod — dead and buried
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- wedgwood blue — a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- werecrocodile — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
- wolffian body — the mesonephros.
- wood hedgehog — a pale buff basidiomycetous fungus, Hydnum repandum, found in broad-leaved woodlands having a spiny underside to the cap
- wood hyacinth — bluebell (def 2).
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- wooden indian — a carved wooden statue of a standing American Indian, formerly found before many cigar stores as an advertisement.
- wooden nickel — a useless thing; thing of no value