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13-letter words containing d, e, s, c

  • secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
  • seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
  • self-deceived — holding an erroneous opinion of oneself, one's own effort, or the like.
  • self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
  • self-selected — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
  • semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semi-detached — partly detached.
  • semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
  • semicivilized — half or partly civilized.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semidominance — incomplete dominance.
  • sendmail inc. — (company)   The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  • service dress — a khaki army uniform more formal than khakis but less formal than full army dress
  • seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
  • sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
  • shell-shocked — battle fatigue.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • sick headache — migraine.
  • sickle medick — a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods
  • sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
  • side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
  • sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • single-celled — having or containing a single cell
  • single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
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