13-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- determinately — having defined limits; definite.
- determinating — having defined limits; definite.
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
- determinators — determiner (def 1).
- deterministic — Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- detrimentally — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
- diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- diffarreation — (historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- differentness — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- digitinervate — (of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dingleberries — Plural form of dingleberry.
- dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
- dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
- dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
- 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.
- dirty weekend — A dirty weekend is a weekend during which two people go away together, mainly in order to have sex.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disagreements — Plural form of disagreement.
- disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- disaster zone — area affected by a catastrophe
- disburdenment — The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
- disbursements — Plural form of disbursement.
- 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.
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discrepancies — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
- discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.