13-letter words containing e, d, t
- dummy element — an otherwise empty element that stands in for and holds the position of another element in a sentence
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter parade — a parade held on or near Easter Day, in particular a strolling procession in and around Fifth Avenue New York City (celebrated by Irving Berlin in a song, which gave rise to a film of the same name) for which people dress up in especially smart clothes; this derives from an older tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in honour of the festival.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- easter-ledges — a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- eddy currents — Eddy currents are localized electric currents set up in metal parts not normally meant to carry currents, due to changes in electromagnetic fields.
- edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorialized — Simple past tense and past participle of editorialize.
- editorializer — One who editorializes.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- edmund gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- eighth-grader — someone who is in the eighth grade at school
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- 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.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- emotionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of emotionalize.
- enantiodromia — (psychiatry, according to Carl Jung) The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- 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.
- endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
- endophenotype — (medicine) any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition.
- endoskeletons — Plural form of endoskeleton.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.