13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, d, e
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
- stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
- 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 joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- 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.
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substantiated — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- superdominant — submediant.
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
- syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- take pride in — be proud
- take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
- titanic oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to end it all — If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade edition — an edition of a book for distribution through general bookstores.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange