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13-letter words containing a, c, e, d, s

  • scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scatteredness — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • screen reader — (application)   A text-to-speech system, intended for use by blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a computer display.
  • script reader — playreader.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • second advent — Second Coming.
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
  • second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • second of arc — second2 (def 4).
  • second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
  • second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
  • second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
  • secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semi-detached — partly detached.
  • semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
  • semidominance — incomplete dominance.
  • sendmail inc. — (company)   The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  • sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • sick headache — migraine.
  • side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
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