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13-letter words containing r, d, l

  • donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
  • doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
  • doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
  • doppler radar — a radar tracking system that determines the velocity of a moving object by measuring the Doppler shift of the frequency of a radar signal reflected by the object.
  • 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.
  • double boiler — a utensil consisting of two pots, one of which fits partway into the other: water is boiled in the lower pot to cook or warm food or melt a substance in the upper.
  • double bridle — a bridle with four reins coming from a bit with two rings on each side
  • double dagger — a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.
  • double garage — a garage that can hold two vehicles
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
  • double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
  • double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
  • downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • draggletailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
  • dragon lizard — Komodo dragon.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • draw the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • drawing table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
  • dreadlessness — the state or quality of being without fear or dread
  • dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
  • dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
  • driller’s hut — A driller's hut contains all the controls for the rig floor.
  • drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
  • drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
  • drilling ship — a ship provided with drilling equipment and used especially for carrying out test drills
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
  • driving wheel — Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
  • drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • dry lightning — lightning produced by a thunderstorm that is unaccompanied by rain
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • 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
  • dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
  • dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • durable press — permanent press.
  • dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
  • dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
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