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13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, d

  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
  • 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.
  • splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • 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.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • 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 chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • 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.
  • starting grid — area marked as start of a race
  • state of mind — mental condition, mood
  • staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
  • status indian — a member of any of the numerous indigenous groups registered as Indians under the federal Indian Act, having special rights and privileges and usually living on a reservation.
  • still and all — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
  • 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.
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
  • 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
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • 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.
  • tantalic acid — an acid, HTaO 3 , that forms complex salts or tantalates.
  • taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
  • 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
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