13-letter words containing t, o, r, s, l
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- crystalloidal — Relating to a crystalloid.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermoskeleton — (anatomy) An exoskeleton.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- disenrollment — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- dog-leg stair — a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform.
- 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.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dragon's tail — (formerly) the descending node of the moon or a planet.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- electrometers — Plural form of electrometer.