13-letter words containing r, e, s, a
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- 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.
- drake passage — a strait between S South America and the South Shetland Islands, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- drama student — a student who is training to become an actor
- draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
- dreadlessness — the state or quality of being without fear or dread
- dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
- dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- dromaeosaurid — A carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a late Cretaceous family that included deinonychus and the velociraptors. They had a large slashing claw on each hind foot.
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- 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.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- earth station — a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- east ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, comprising the E part of the historical county of Ayrshire: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Kilmarnock. Pop: 119 530 (2003 est). Area: 1252 sq km (483 sq miles)
- east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- east paterson — former name of Elmwood Park (def 2).
- 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.
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- east timorese — of or relating to East Timor or its inhabitants
- easter bonnet — an especially pretty or fancy hat designed for a woman to wear to church on Easter Sunday or, especially, in an Easter parade
- easter cactus — an epiphytic cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, native to Brazil, having oblong joints and red flowers.
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.