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13-letter words containing d, e, p, o, s

  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • expeditionist — (rare) One who goes on an expedition.
  • expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
  • hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
  • hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hyperhidrosis — abnormally excessive sweating.
  • hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
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