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13-letter words containing a, d, r, m

  • spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
  • squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
  • standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
  • standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • stuffed derma — kishke.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thermostatted — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thomas deckerThomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
  • timber-framed — framed by exposed timbers
  • timed-release — sustained-release.
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
  • tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
  • trade mission — commercial business trip
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.
  • under-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
  • under-meaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • under-measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • underclassman — a freshman or sophomore in a secondary school or college.
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
  • undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • undeterminate — not definite or determined; indeterminate
  • unembarrassed — to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
  • unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
  • unremunerated — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
  • unreprimanded — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
  • untransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • uranium oxide — any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O 9 , or U 3 O 8 .
  • vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
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