13-letter words containing d, i, s, l, c
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- dialect atlas — linguistic atlas
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- difficultness — The state or quality of being difficult.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- dipleidoscope — an instrument that uses a telescope and a hollow prism to see when the sun crosses the meridian
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- discreditable — bringing or liable to bring discredit.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- 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).
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fiddlesticks! — an expression of annoyance or disagreement
- field service — military service performed in the field
- fin de siecle — the end of the 19th century.
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.