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13-letter words containing d, e, r, l, i, c

  • directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
  • directorially — In terms of film direction.
  • disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
  • dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
  • discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
  • discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • distress call — a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Compare distress signal (def 1).
  • diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
  • 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.
  • domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
  • electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
  • field cricket — any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
  • field officer — an officer holding a field grade.
  • field service — military service performed in the field
  • film recorder — a photographic device for producing a sound strip on a motion-picture film.
  • firewall code — 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a can't happen error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
  • fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
  • hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
  • hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
  • hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
  • hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
  • ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
  • Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
  • impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
  • inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
  • incredibility — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
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