13-letter words containing d, g, l
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- side-slipping — travelling down a slope in a direction that is not in line with one's skis
- sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- sigmoid colon — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
- sindonologist — a student of sindonology
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- 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.
- single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- single-minded — having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- solid-looking — reassuringly substantial or stable in appearance: They're a very solid-looking, intelligent couple.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- solomon gundy — a dish of salted marinated herring in vinegar and spices
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- sounding line — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- speed walking — power walking.
- splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- stores ledger — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- suicidologist — someone who studies suicidology
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- technologized — 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.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done