13-letter words containing a, s, o, d
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the last word — final retort
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thermostatted — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- 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.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- 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.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- 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.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- ups and downs — good and bad experiences
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- vasco da gama — Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- 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.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions