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