13-letter words containing a, e, d, i, l, s
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- dilettanteish — Alternative form of dilettantish.
- dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- disaffiliated — Simple past tense and past participle of disaffiliate.
- disagreeables — annoying things
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- disapparelled — undressed; naked
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disassimilate — to break down (a complex molecule or substance) into simple ones through catabolism
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- disentailment — The action of freeing property from entail.
- disentangling — Present participle of disentangle.
- disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- dishabilitate — to disqualify
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disilluminate — to darken
- disintegrable — Capable of being disintegrated.
- disinthralled — freed from thraldom
- dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- disregardable — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- disregardless — (nonstandard) Regardless.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- 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.
- 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.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.