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13-letter words containing s, t, r, a

  • dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
  • danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
  • dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
  • dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
  • dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
  • dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
  • data security — the protection of data stored on computers
  • data striping — (storage)   Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
  • data transfer — (data)   Copying or moving data from one place to another, typically via some kind of network (e.g. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, File Transfer Protocol) or local data connection (bus, SCSI, IDE, SATA).
  • death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
  • death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
  • decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
  • deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
  • deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
  • defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
  • defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
  • defloration's — the act of deflowering.
  • deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
  • deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  • dematerialise — Alternative spelling of dematerialize.
  • demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
  • demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
  • demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
  • demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
  • demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
  • demonstrators — a person or thing that demonstrates.
  • demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
  • denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
  • dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • deodorisation — Alternative form of deodorization.
  • depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
  • derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
  • derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
  • dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
  • dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
  • dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
  • dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
  • desegregating — Present participle of desegregate.
  • desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
  • desert island — A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives.
  • desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
  • desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
  • dessert apple — an eating apple; an apple that can be eaten raw
  • destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • determinators — determiner (def 1).
  • deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
  • deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
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