13-letter words containing a, d, s, t
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- easter island — an island in the S Pacific, W of and belonging to Chile. About 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km): gigantic statues.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter parade — a parade held on or near Easter Day, in particular a strolling procession in and around Fifth Avenue New York City (celebrated by Irving Berlin in a song, which gave rise to a film of the same name) for which people dress up in especially smart clothes; this derives from an older tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in honour of the festival.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- easter-ledges — a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- editorialists — Plural form of editorialist.
- editorializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of editorialize.
- educationists — Plural form of educationist.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- essentialized — Simple past tense and past participle of essentialize.
- estrangedness — the state of being estranged
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- fatheadedness — The quality of being fatheaded.
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- fifth disease — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- first-aid kit — emergency medical set
- flabbergasted — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- frosted glass — etched glass with a translucent surface
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.