13-letter words containing d, e, n, s
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scatteredness — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scenic design — the creation of scenery for television, film and stage
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- screen legend — a very famous and much admired film actor
- screen reader — (application) A text-to-speech system, intended for use by blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a computer display.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- se defendendo — in self-defense: homicide committed se defendendo.
- second advent — Second Coming.
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second cousin — a child of a first cousin of one's parent. Compare cousin (def 1).
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking.
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- second-degree — In the United States, second-degree is used to describe crimes that are considered to be less serious than first-degree crimes.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- second-source — of or pertaining to a cooperative arrangement whereby the products, as electronic parts, of one company are also manufactured by another company
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- sedentariness — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence