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13-letter words containing a, s, d, i, c

  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • plastic paddy — a person who, although not born in Ireland, is of Irish descent and places great importance on Irishness
  • platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • post-actinide — transactinide
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
  • radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
  • radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • sadomasochism — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
  • sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • sarcodinians' — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scanning disk — (in mechanical scanning) a disk with a line of holes spiraling in from its edge, rotated in front of a surface so as to expose a small segment as each hole passes before it for transmitting or reproducing a picture.
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • scratchpad ii — See Scratchpad I, AXIOM.
  • script reader — playreader.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
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