13-letter words containing i, r, e, p, l
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- cripple creek — a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depolymerized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolymerize.
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
- disapparelled — undressed; naked
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
- electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- 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.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- exploratively — in an explorative manner
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- exportability — The property of being exportable.
- express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
- extemporarily — In an extemporary manner.
- extra-special — particular; exceptional