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13-letter words containing d, o, r, i, e, s

  • 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.
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • 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.
  • dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
  • dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
  • dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
  • dromaeosaurid — A carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a late Cretaceous family that included deinonychus and the velociraptors. They had a large slashing claw on each hind foot.
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • 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.
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
  • editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • ferrous oxide — a black powder, FeO, insoluble in water, soluble in acid.
  • 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 sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • first edition — the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • 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.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • 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.
  • forbiddenness — a past participle of forbid.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • 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).
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
  • goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • 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
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
  • grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
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