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13-letter words containing l, d, o, p

  • dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
  • dodecylphenol — a thick, straw-colored, water-insoluble liquid mixture of isomers having the formula C 18 H 30 O, used chiefly as a solvent and as an intermediate for surface-active agents.
  • dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
  • dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
  • dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
  • doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
  • doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
  • doppler radar — a radar tracking system that determines the velocity of a moving object by measuring the Doppler shift of the frequency of a radar signal reflected by the object.
  • 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.
  • double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
  • double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
  • double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-dumped — (of a wool bale) compressed, with two bales occupying the volume-equivalent of one ordinary bale
  • double-duplex — (communications)   (From telegraphy) A full-duplex link with two telegraphers (a sender and a receiver) at each end, to simultaneously transmit in both directions. Compare: single-duplex.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
  • dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
  • early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
  • elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
  • electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endopolyploid — relating to endopolyploidy
  • epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • epidemiologic — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
  • exploded view — a drawing or photograph of a complicated mechanism that shows the individual parts separately, usually indicating their relative positions
  • fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
  • feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • folded dipole — a type of aerial, widely used with television and VHF radio receivers, consisting of two parallel dipoles connected together at their outer ends and fed at the centre of one of them. The length is usually half the operating wavelength
  • 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
  • food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
  • foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
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