13-letter words containing l, e, p, s
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disfellowship — (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.
- disgospelling — depriving of access to the gospel
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- 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 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 spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- durable press — permanent press.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- electroscopes — Plural form of electroscope.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephant seal — either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- ellipticities — Plural form of ellipticity.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- 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.
- epinastically — in an epinastic manner
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- escape clause — clause that releases sb from a contract
- escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.