13-letter words containing d, i, s, t, r, a
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
- trained nurse — graduate nurse.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unillustrated — not containing illustrations
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- untransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water strider — any of several aquatic bugs of the family Gerridae, having long, slender legs fringed with hairs, enabling the insects to dart about on the surface of the water.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.