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11-letter words containing d, e, a, s

  • stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
  • study leave — sabbatical
  • sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
  • subadditive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
  • subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
  • subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
  • subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
  • subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
  • subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • succedaneum — a substitute.
  • sudetenland — a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.
  • sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
  • sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
  • sunday best — Sunday clothes.
  • sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
  • superabound — to abound beyond something else.
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
  • superharden — harden (def 6).
  • superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
  • supersedeas — a writ ordering a stoppage or suspension of a judicial proceeding, of the execution of a judgment, or of the enforcement of another writ.
  • suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
  • sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
  • swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
  • swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
  • swear blind — to assert emphatically
  • sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
  • sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
  • swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • tabularised — to tabulate.
  • tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
  • taxidermist — embalmer
  • tessellated — tessellated.
  • testudinate — formed like the carapace of a tortoise; arched; vaulted.
  • tetrandrous — having four stamens.
  • tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
  • texas hedge — the opposite of a normal hedging operation, in which risk is increased by buying more than one financial instrument of the same kind
  • thar desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
  • the accused — the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge
  • the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
  • the dansant — a tea dance.
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
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