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13-letter words containing n, e, p, t

  • dependability — software reliability
  • dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
  • deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
  • deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
  • depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
  • deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
  • deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
  • deptford pink — a plant, Dianthus armeria, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having slender, erect stems and leaves and clusters of small, bright pink flowers.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
  • dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
  • dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
  • developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • digitipinnate — (of a compound leaf) digitate with pinnate leaflets.
  • 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.
  • diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
  • diphthongized — Simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize.
  • dipole moment — electric dipole moment.
  • disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
  • disparagement — the act of disparaging.
  • disparateness — The degree to which a thing is disparate.
  • dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
  • dispensations — Plural form of dispensation.
  • dispense with — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
  • displacements — Plural form of displacement.
  • dispositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of disposition.
  • disreputation — disrepute.
  • disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
  • 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.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
  • east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
  • east paterson — former name of Elmwood Park (def 2).
  • east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
  • eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
  • eighteenpenny — Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
  • 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.
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