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12-letter words containing d, i, s, l

  • sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
  • street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
  • studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
  • student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
  • studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • subcivilized — not quite civilized
  • subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
  • subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
  • sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
  • sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
  • swallow dive — swan dive.
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • sydney silky — silky terrier.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • ultradistant — extremely distant
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
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