13-letter words containing l, d, a, p
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispositional — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
- doppler radar — a radar tracking system that determines the velocity of a moving object by measuring the Doppler shift of the frequency of a radar signal reflected by the object.
- double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- durable press — permanent press.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- extended-play — denoting an EP record
- fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.