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13-letter words containing l, o, n, r

  • downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • dragon lizard — Komodo dragon.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
  • dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
  • early-morning — taking place or being presented in the early part of the morning
  • edward lorenz — (person)   A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the Lorenz attractor in the 1960s.
  • efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
  • effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
  • elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
  • eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
  • electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
  • electioneerer — One who electioneers.
  • electrization — the action of electrifying
  • electrocement — cement that is produced through the addition of lime to molten slag in an electric furnace
  • electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
  • electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
  • electrolyzing — Present participle of electrolyze.
  • electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
  • electron beam — a beam or stream of electrons emitted by a single source that move in the same direction and at the same speed
  • electron lens — a system, such as an arrangement of electrodes or magnets, that produces a field for focusing a beam of electrons
  • electron tube — (electronics)   (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
  • electron volt — a unit of energy equal to that attained by an electron falling unimpeded through a potential difference of one volt; 1.602 × 10-19 joule
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • electrostrong — (physics) describing the combination of the electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces.
  • electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
  • electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
  • eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
  • embryonically — In an embryonic way.
  • encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
  • encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
  • enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
  • endobronchial — (anatomy) Pertaining to the lining of the bronchi.
  • endocrinology — The branch of physiology and medicine concerned with endocrine glands and hormones.
  • enrolled bill — draft legislation approved in identical form by both houses and sent to the President for approval
  • enrolment fee — the amount of money payable when you enrol on a course, at a university, etc
  • ensorcellment — Enchantment, bewitchment.
  • enterocolitis — Inflammation of both the small intestine and the colon.
  • environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
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