13-letter words containing c, e, l, r
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- 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).
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- 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.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- 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)
- electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
- electioneerer — One who electioneers.
- electric blue — Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.
- electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electricities — Plural form of electricity.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrocement — cement that is produced through the addition of lime to molten slag in an electric furnace
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- electrocyclic — (organic chemistry) Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds.
- electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
- electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- electrometers — Plural form of electrometer.
- electromotive — Producing or tending to produce an electric current.
- electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed