13-letter words containing d, e, p, t
- 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.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
- 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.
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- drama therapy — a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- easter parade — a parade held on or near Easter Day, in particular a strolling procession in and around Fifth Avenue New York City (celebrated by Irving Berlin in a song, which gave rise to a film of the same name) for which people dress up in especially smart clothes; this derives from an older tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in honour of the festival.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- 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.
- endophenotype — (medicine) any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- even-tempered — mild mannered
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- expeditionist — (rare) One who goes on an expedition.
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- exponentiated — Simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate.
- export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
- extended-play — denoting an EP record
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- 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
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry