13-letter words containing l, e, t, i, s
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimilitude — unlikeness; difference; dissimilarity.
- dissoluteness — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
- dissolve into — If you dissolve into or dissolve in tears or laughter, you begin to cry or laugh, because you cannot control yourself.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- distress call — a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Compare distress signal (def 1).
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distress sale — a sale held for the purpose of raising money to meet emergency expenses and usually offering goods at a substantial discount for the payment of cash.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- 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.
- driller’s hut — A driller's hut contains all the controls for the rig floor.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- east malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- ecclesiastics — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- elastic limit — the greatest stress that can be applied to a material without causing permanent deformation
- electricities — Plural form of electricity.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrostatic — Of or relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- 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.
- embellishment — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
- emotionalists — Plural form of emotionalist.
- emotionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emotionalize.
- emotionalness — The state or quality of being emotional.
- emotionlessly — Without emotion.
- 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.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.