13-letter words containing d, e, s, a, r, g
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
- redesignation — an act of designating.
- regardless of — in spite of
- reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
- sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- 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.
- speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- square-rigged — having square sails as the principal sails.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- 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
- transgendered — transgender (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.