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13-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s, d

  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • sound ranging — a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
  • standard cost — a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.
  • standard rose — a rose which has a long stem
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
  • stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • 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.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
  • toss and turn — If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
  • trade mission — commercial business trip
  • transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
  • unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  • unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
  • untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
  • wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
  • weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
  • well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
  • woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
  • word deafness — inability to comprehend the meanings of words though they are heard, caused by lesions of the auditory center of the brain.
  • wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
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