14-letter words containing r, i, s, e, n
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disheartenment — The act of disheartening.
- disincarcerate — to release from imprisonment
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- disinheritance — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- disintegrating — Present participle of disintegrate.
- disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintegrative — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- disinteresting — absence of interest; indifference.
- disinvestiture — the act or state of being disinvested
- disorderedness — The quality of being disordered.
- disorderliness — The state or quality of being disorderly.
- disorientating — to disorient.
- disorientation — to disorient.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
- dispiritedness — The state or condition of being dispirited.
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
- distractedness — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distraughtness — The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness.
- distressedness — The state or quality of being distressed; anxiety.
- district nurse — In Britain, a district nurse is a nurse who goes to people's houses to give them medical treatment and advice.
- diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
- divine service — service1 (def 15).
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- domain address — (networking) The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- dress designer — a person who designs clothes
- dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.