13-letter words containing a, e, c, i, d, s
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- stare decisis — the doctrine that rules or principles of law on which a court rested a previous decision are authoritative in all future cases in which the facts are substantially the same.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undiscussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unsecularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- unspecialized — not specialized
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)