13-letter words containing d, e, a, c
- seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semi-detached — partly detached.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- sendmail inc. — (company) The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
- sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- sick headache — migraine.
- side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- special needs — learning difficulties
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- stand accused — If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
- standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
- 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.
- stare decisis — the doctrine that rules or principles of law on which a court rested a previous decision are authoritative in all future cases in which the facts are substantially the same.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- 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.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
- tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.