13-letter words containing d, e, i, s, t
- 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
- syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
- the east side — the east side of Manhattan Island in New York City
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- theodosius ii — a.d. 401–450, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 408–450.
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- to one's mind — in one's opinion
- tout de suite — at once; immediately.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trained nurse — graduate nurse.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- trend-setting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- unconstituted — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- underutilised — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting