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13-letter words containing d, i, s, a, l

  • intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
  • interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
  • intersidereal — interstellar
  • irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
  • island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
  • kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
  • kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
  • kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
  • lackadaisical — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
  • ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
  • lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landfill site — also landfill
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
  • landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
  • like sardines — very closely crowded together
  • liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
  • liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • lizard's-tail — either of two marsh herbs of the genus Saururus, especially S. cernuus, of North America, having drooping spikes of fragrant, white flowers.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
  • maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
  • maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
  • melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
  • melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
  • mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
  • methodistical — Methodistic.
  • middle states — those eastern states between the New England states and the South; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
  • milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
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