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13-letter words containing r, i, s, n

  • distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
  • divarications — Plural form of divarication.
  • diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
  • divertisement — (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation.
  • division ring — a ring in which the set of nonzero elements is a group with the operation of multiplication.
  • doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
  • documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
  • documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
  • downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
  • dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
  • dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
  • dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
  • dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
  • dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
  • dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
  • dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
  • dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
  • dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
  • 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
  • drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
  • drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dry scrubbing — Dry scrubbing is the removal of solid particles from a gas onto a liquid surface, but with a solid discharge.
  • durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
  • dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • east berliner — a native or inhabitant of the former East Berlin
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
  • easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
  • eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
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