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13-letter words containing d, i, n, e, t, s

  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
  • stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
  • state of mind — mental condition, mood
  • staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
  • steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stressed skin — a composite plywood material used especially in the construction of light aircraft
  • 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.
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • stripped pine — natural pine from which any varnish or painted finish has been removed
  • stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • student union — a building or rooms on a college or university campus, set aside for recreational, social, and governmental activities of the students.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subject index — alphabetical contents list
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • substantiated — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • technologised — 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.
  • teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • to one's mind — in one's opinion
  • trade mission — commercial business trip
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trained nurse — graduate nurse.
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