13-letter words containing a, t, e, s
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- disseminating — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissemination — the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.
- disseminative — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- disseminators — Plural form of disseminator.
- dissertations — Plural form of dissertation.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- distance race — a running race longer than 1500 meters (1635 yards).
- 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.
- document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- 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.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- drama student — a student who is training to become an actor
- draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
- dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- earth station — a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- ease the helm — to relieve the pressure on the rudder of a vessel, esp by bringing the bow into the wind
- east ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, comprising the E part of the historical county of Ayrshire: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Kilmarnock. Pop: 119 530 (2003 est). Area: 1252 sq km (483 sq miles)
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. Abbreviation: EbS.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- 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.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- east malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo