13-letter words containing res
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depressurized — Simple past tense and past participle of depressurize.
- depressurizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depressurize.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
- disinterested — unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
- 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.
- 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.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
- dressing case — a small piece of luggage for carrying toilet articles, medicine, etc.
- dressing down — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dressing gown — a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.
- dressing room — a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- dressing-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- durable press — permanent press.
- east timorese — of or relating to East Timor or its inhabitants
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- enchantresses — Plural form of enchantress.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- evening dress — formal clothing
- excrescential — Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
- express train — a fast train
- expressionism — A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world.
- expressionist — Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foreshortened — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- forest ranger — any of the officers employed by the government to supervise the care and preservation of forests, especially public forests.
- freshman week — a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.
- gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.