13-letter words containing t, e, p, i, d
- diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
- 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.
- 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.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- epidotization — the process of changing into epidote
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- expandability — (uncountable) The condition of being expandable.
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- expeditionist — (rare) One who goes on an expedition.
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- expendability — The state or quality of being expendable.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- exponentiated — Simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate.
- export credit — a loan extended to an importer by a bank in the country of the exporter in order to finance an export operation
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
- fitted carpet — wall-to-wall carpeting
- fixed capital — capital goods, as machinery and tools, that are relatively durable and can be used repeatedly in the production of goods.
- free-spirited — characterized by independence and unconventionality
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypertrophied — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypoeutectoid — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself