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13-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a, c

  • dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
  • direct access — pertaining to the ability to obtain data from, or place data in, external storage without the need to sequentially scan other data contained there.
  • 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 labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
  • direct-access — pertaining to the ability to obtain data from, or place data in, external storage without the need to sequentially scan other data contained there.
  • direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
  • direct-mailer — a person or firm engaged in direct-mail advertising.
  • directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • directorially — In terms of film direction.
  • disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
  • discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
  • discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
  • discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
  • discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
  • discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
  • distance race — a running race longer than 1500 meters (1635 yards).
  • 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
  • documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
  • 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.
  • documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
  • dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
  • dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
  • easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
  • electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
  • electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
  • enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
  • enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • eta reduction — eta conversion
  • exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
  • expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
  • extended care — nursing care provided for a limited time after a hospital stay, as in a special facility
  • extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
  • face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
  • 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
  • federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
  • fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
  • fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
  • flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
  • 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.
  • friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
  • garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
  • garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
  • get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
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