13-letter words containing d, i, s, f
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- disfellowship — (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distrustfully — In a distrustful manner.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- 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.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- 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.
- duff's device — The most dramatic use yet seen of fall through in C, invented by Tom Duff when he was at Lucasfilm. Trying to bum all the instructions he could out of an inner loop that copied data serially onto an output port, he decided to unroll it. He then realised that the unrolled version could be implemented by *interlacing* the structures of a switch and a loop: register n = (count + 7) / 8; /* count > 0 assumed */ switch (count % 8) { case 0: do { *to = *from++; case 7: *to = *from++; case 6: *to = *from++; case 5: *to = *from++; case 4: *to = *from++; case 3: *to = *from++; case 2: *to = *from++; case 1: *to = *from++; } while (--n > 0); } Shocking though it appears to all who encounter it for the first time, the device is actually perfectly valid, legal C. C's default fall through in case statements has long been its most controversial single feature; Duff observed that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against."
- dumfriesshire — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- ferrous oxide — a black powder, FeO, insoluble in water, soluble in acid.
- festoon blind — a window blind consisting of vertical rows of horizontally gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fiddlesticks! — an expression of annoyance or disagreement
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- field glasses — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- field service — military service performed in the field
- field servoid — (jargon, abuse) /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a derogatory term for a representative of a field service organisation (see field circus), suggesting an unintelligent rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- field-glasses — Field-glasses are the same as binoculars.
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- fifth disease — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- film industry — all the companies, studios, people etc involved in making commercial films collectively