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

  • distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
  • domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • 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.
  • driller’s hut — A driller's hut contains all the controls for the rig floor.
  • drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • 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.
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
  • editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • 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
  • 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 sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
  • figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
  • 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
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
  • ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indiscernible — not discernible; that cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible.
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