12-letter words containing a, l, d, e
- spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
- spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
- spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- staddlestone — (formerly) one of several supports for a hayrick, consisting of a truncated conical stone surmounted by a flat circular stone
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stamp dealer — someone who buys and sells postage stamps (to collectors)
- standardless — having no standard or standards
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- steel-plated — covered with steel
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- student loan — A student loan is a government loan that is available to students at a college or university in order to help them pay their expenses.
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
- swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- tetradactyly — the condition of having four fingers or toes
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature