13-letter words containing d, i, n
- drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- dragging-beam — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- dragon lizard — Komodo dragon.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- drainage tube — a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
- drainage wind — Meteorology. gravity wind.
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- dramatization — the act of dramatizing.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- drawing board — a rectangular board on which paper is placed or mounted for drawing or drafting.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
- drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
- dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
- drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- drilling ship — a ship provided with drilling equipment and used especially for carrying out test drills
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- drink-driving — Drink-driving is the same as drunk driving.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
- drip painting — a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- driving force — impetus
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- driving wheel — Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- drunk driving — the operating of a motor vehicle while drunk.
- dry lightning — lightning produced by a thunderstorm that is unaccompanied by rain
- dry scrubbing — Dry scrubbing is the removal of solid particles from a gas onto a liquid surface, but with a solid discharge.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
- dual national — a person that has dual nationality
- duc d'enghien — Duc [dyk] /dük/ (Show IPA), (Louis Antoine Henry de Bourbon-Condé) 1772–1804, French prince: executed by Napoleon I.