13-letter words containing pl
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal
- dental plaque — a filmy deposit on the surface of a tooth consisting of a mixture of mucus, bacteria, food, etc
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dessert apple — an eating apple; an apple that can be eaten raw
- dipleidoscope — an instrument that uses a telescope and a hollow prism to see when the sun crosses the meridian
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- diplomatology — diplomatics as a subject of scientific study
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- 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-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.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- employability — (uncountable) The state or quality of being employable.
- endopolyploid — relating to endopolyploidy
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- excess supply — a situation in which the market supply of a commodity is greater than the market demand for it, thus causing its market price to fall
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- explanatively — in an explanative manner
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
- explantations — Plural form of explantation.
- explicability — The state of being explicable.
- explicatively — in an explicative or explanatory manner
- explicitation — (rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
- exploded view — a drawing or photograph of a complicated mechanism that shows the individual parts separately, usually indicating their relative positions
- exploitations — Plural form of exploitation.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- exploratively — in an explorative manner
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
- explosiveness — The state of being explosive.
- extended-play — denoting an EP record
- fait accompli — an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fee-splitting — the practice of dividing a fee for professional services between two professional persons, as between a referring doctor and a specialist, without the knowledge of the client.
- first peoples — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.