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13-letter words containing n, o, s, d

  • domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • 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.
  • doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
  • double vision — diplopia.
  • doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
  • down syndrome — Down syndrome is a disorder that some people are born with. People who have Down syndrome have physical differences, such as shorter stature, and learning difficulties.
  • downers grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
  • draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
  • dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
  • dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
  • dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
  • dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
  • drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • 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
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
  • dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
  • dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
  • dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
  • edison effect — the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.
  • edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
  • educationists — Plural form of educationist.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endocommensal — a commensal living within the body of the host organism
  • endometriosis — A condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.
  • endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
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