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

  • 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.
  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slender loris — loris (def 1).
  • 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.
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
  • slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • 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.
  • south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
  • 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.
  • speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spice islands — the Moluccas
  • spider flower — cleome
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • split spindle — a turned piece halved lengthwise for use as applied ornament, as on a chest or cupboard, or as part of a chair back or the like.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • 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.
  • staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
  • sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
  • 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.
  • supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
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