13-letter words containing p, i, n, e
- dispositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of disposition.
- dispossessing — Present participle of dispossess.
- dispossession — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- 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.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- 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.
- e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
- earning power — business: ability to profit
- 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.
- eighteenpence — The monetary amount of eighteen pence.
- eighteenpenny — Having a value or cost of eighteenpence.
- 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
- 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.
- emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
- enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
- 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.
- encephalalgia — pain in the head; headache
- encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- 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.
- endopolyploid — relating to endopolyploidy
- enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis