13-letter words containing p, n, e
- dental plaque — a filmy deposit on the surface of a tooth consisting of a mixture of mucus, bacteria, food, etc
- dependability — software reliability
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- 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.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- 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
- dien bien phu — a town in NW Vietnam: site of defeat of French forces by Vietminh 1954, bringing to an end the French rule of Indochina.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- 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.
- dip one's lid — to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
- diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
- diphenylamine — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble benzene derivative, C 12 H 11 N, used chiefly in the preparation of various dyes, as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose propellants, and for the detection of oxidizing agents in analytical chemistry.
- diphthongized — Simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize.
- dipole moment — electric dipole moment.
- disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- discrepancies — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- disgospelling — depriving of access to the gospel
- 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.
- 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.
- 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