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

  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saddle joint — (on a sill, coping, or the like) a vertical joint raised above the level of the washes on each side.
  • saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
  • sadistically — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
  • sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • seed capital — small sum invested in new business
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
  • sialadenitis — inflammation of one or more of the salivary glands.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
  • studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • 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
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