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13-letter words containing d, i, o, p

  • displantation — the removal of a plantation
  • disponibility — Availability.
  • disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
  • dispositional — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
  • dispositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of disposition.
  • dispositively — in a dispositive manner
  • dispossessing — Present participle of dispossess.
  • dispossession — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • dispossessory — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
  • disreputation — disrepute.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • 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.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • 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.
  • endopolyploid — relating to endopolyploidy
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • epidemiologic — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • 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.
  • epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
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