13-letter words containing s, t, e, p
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
- depoliticised — Simple past tense and past participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- dessert apple — an eating apple; an apple that can be eaten raw
- dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dipstick test — a test for detecting the presence of sugar in the urine, as in diabetes.
- direct speech — actual words spoken, not quoted or reported
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- discapacitate — to incapacitate (a person)
- disceptatious — disputable
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- disparateness — The degree to which a thing is disparate.
- dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- dispatch case — attaché case.
- dispensations — Plural form of dispensation.
- dispense with — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- dispositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of disposition.
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- disreputation — disrepute.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
- disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- 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.
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
- e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.