13-letter words containing d, i, s, t, r, e
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endometriosis — A condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- indeterminism — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- indian desert — Thar Desert.