13-letter words containing e, n, t, r, a, d
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- 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 sunday — Easter (def 2).
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- 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.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- estrangedness — the state of being estranged
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- exotic dancer — a striptease dancer or belly dancer
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- extended care — nursing care provided for a limited time after a hospital stay, as in a special facility
- extraordinary — Very unusual or remarkable.
- face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- fort dearborn — a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- friction head — (in a hydraulic system) the part of a head of water or of another liquid that represents the energy that the system dissipates through friction with the sides of conduits or channels and through heating from turbulent flow.
- fridge magnet — a small flat decorative object with a magnet on its back which is used to attach it to the front door of a fridge or other domestic appliance
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
- garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
- giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- 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
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.