13-letter words containing e, l, d, r, s
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dreadlessness — the state or quality of being without fear or dread
- dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- 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
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- 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.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- 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-ledges — a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort
- 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.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
- 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.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- feeder school — a junior school whose pupils go to a specific secondary school
- 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.
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flesh peddler — a prostitute.
- flesh-colored — Something that is flesh-colored is yellowish pink in color.
- flesh-peddler — an employment agent or agency, especially one that recruits executives.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- 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
- foldoc source — The source text of FOLDOC is a single plain text file. FOLDOC is also available on paper from your local printer but, at 700,000+ words, that would be about 2000 pages.
- fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- fort donelson — Fort Donelson.
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- 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)