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13-letter words containing d, i, a, p

  • soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • 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 dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spice islands — the Moluccas
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • 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.
  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • take pride in — be proud
  • tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • 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
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • to play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
  • trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
  • traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
  • triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
  • unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
  • unanticipated — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
  • unappreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
  • uncapitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
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