13-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s
- distress call — a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Compare distress signal (def 1).
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distress sale — a sale held for the purpose of raising money to meet emergency expenses and usually offering goods at a substantial discount for the payment of cash.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dreadlessness — the state or quality of being without fear or dread
- dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durable press — permanent press.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- easter-ledges — a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endocommensal — a commensal living within the body of the host organism
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- essentialized — Simple past tense and past participle of essentialize.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly