13-letter words containing s, a, t, i
- dissimilation — the act of making or becoming unlike.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- dissociations — Plural form of dissociation.
- distance race — a running race longer than 1500 meters (1635 yards).
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distillations — Plural form of distillation.
- distortionary — an act or instance of distorting.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distress call — a prearranged communication code sign indicating that the sender is in a situation of peril, distress, or the like, as SOS, Mayday, etc. Compare distress signal (def 1).
- distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
- distress sale — a sale held for the purpose of raising money to meet emergency expenses and usually offering goods at a substantial discount for the payment of cash.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- 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.
- dramatic arts — the art of the writing and production of plays; drama
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- 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.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- 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 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 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 kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- east malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo
- east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
- 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.