13-letter words containing d, u, a, l, s
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disilluminate — to darken
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- 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
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- durable press — permanent press.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- 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.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- 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.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.