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13-letter words containing a, n, e, c

  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
  • domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
  • donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
  • dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
  • dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
  • dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
  • dynamic range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • e-mail client — mail user agent
  • ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
  • early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
  • earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
  • earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
  • east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
  • 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.
  • eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
  • eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
  • ecomanagement — any of various ways to lessen the harmful impact of human activity on the environment.
  • economization — The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
  • economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
  • ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
  • ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
  • educationally — pertaining to education.
  • educationists — Plural form of educationist.
  • effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
  • egomaniacally — In an egomaniacal manner.
  • ejection seat — a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency
  • elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
  • eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
  • electrization — the action of electrifying
  • electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
  • emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
  • embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
  • embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
  • embryonically — In an embryonic way.
  • emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
  • empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
  • emtricitabine — A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection.
  • enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
  • enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
  • encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
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