13-letter words containing d, e, c, n, t
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- direct cinema — a rigorous form of cinéma vérité, especially as practiced by some American cinematographers in the late 1950s, in which only indigenous sound is used.
- direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
- direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- disconnecting — Present participle of disconnect.
- disconnection — the act of disconnecting.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
- discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disincentives — Plural form of disincentive.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- disintoxicate — to free from intoxication or drunkenness
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
- distance race — a running race longer than 1500 meters (1635 yards).
- distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- 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.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- 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.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- 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.
- domino effect — the cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events.
- 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.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- 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.
- eddy currents — Eddy currents are localized electric currents set up in metal parts not normally meant to carry currents, due to changes in electromagnetic fields.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.