13-letter words containing d, o, r, e, c
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
- direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- dodecahedrane — (organic compound) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C20H20, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a regular dodecahedron.
- dodecahedrons — Plural form of dodecahedron.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- driving force — impetus
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
- electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
- electroformed — Produced, or modified by electroforming.
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia