13-letter words containing i, n, t, s, r
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distributions — Plural form of distribution.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- divertisement — (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- earth station — a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- 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.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- enterocolitis — Inflammation of both the small intestine and the colon.
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- enteroviruses — Plural form of enterovirus.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- equalitarians — Plural form of equalitarian.
- equestrianism — The skill or sport of horse riding . As an Olympic sport it is divided into three disciplines: show jumping, dressage, and the three-day event (combining show jumping, dressage, and cross-country riding).
- equestriennes — Plural form of equestrienne.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy