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13-letter words containing p, e, s, i

  • dispensations — Plural form of dispensation.
  • dispense with — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
  • dispersedness — the state of being dispersed
  • displacements — Plural form of displacement.
  • display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
  • dispositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of disposition.
  • dispositively — in a dispositive manner
  • dispossessing — Present participle of dispossess.
  • dispossession — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • dispossessory — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
  • disreputation — disrepute.
  • disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
  • disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
  • disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • 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.
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • 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.
  • dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
  • e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
  • 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.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
  • ectoparasites — Plural form of ectoparasite.
  • ectoparasitic — Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
  • electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
  • electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
  • 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.
  • emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
  • empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
  • empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
  • enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
  • 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.
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
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