13-letter words containing a, r, n, d
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drainage wind — Meteorology. gravity wind.
- drama student — a student who is training to become an actor
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- dramatization — the act of dramatizing.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- dreadlessness — the state or quality of being without fear or dread
- dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
- 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.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- drip painting — a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- 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
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- 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 monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- edward jenner — Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.