13-letter words that end in n
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disinhibition — Psychology. a temporary loss of inhibition caused by an outside stimulus.
- disobligation — the state of being without obligation
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- dispossession — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- dissemination — the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.
- dissimilation — the act of making or becoming unlike.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- division sign — the symbol (÷) or (/) placed between two expressions and denoting division of the first by the second.
- documentarian — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- dogmatization — The process or result of dogmatizing.
- dollarization — the conversion of a country's currency system into U.S. dollars.
- domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domiciliation — to domicile.
- double batten — two wooden battens screwed together for holding the edge of a drop between them.
- double vision — diplopia.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- dramatization — the act of dramatizing.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- 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-down — a severe reprimand; scolding.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- duc d'enghien — Duc [dyk] /dük/ (Show IPA), (Louis Antoine Henry de Bourbon-Condé) 1772–1804, French prince: executed by Napoleon I.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
- ear infection — an infection that affects the ear
- earth station — a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.
- east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
- east paterson — former name of Elmwood Park (def 2).
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- economization — The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
- edward gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods