13-letter words containing d, e, p, r, i
- disreputation — disrepute.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
- disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
- diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- 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.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- 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
- free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
- free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- 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
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- herod agrippa — (Julius Agrippa) c10 b.c.–a.d. 44, king of Judea 41–44 (grandson of Herod the Great).
- 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.
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydroperoxide — any chemical compound having the general formula, ROOH, where R is an element or an organic group.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.