12-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- sliding door — door which opens on a runner
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- slippery dip — a long slide at a playground or funfair
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- solitudinous — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
- spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
- spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
- spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.