13-letter words containing d, i, s, u, e
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- quasi-retired — withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker.
- queen's guide — (in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Guide who has passed the highest tests of proficiency
- quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- redissolution — the act of redissolving
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
- reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- second cousin — a child of a first cousin of one's parent. Compare cousin (def 1).
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
- self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- semi-delirium — Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- semiautomated — partially automated.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- sitting judge — a presiding judge; a judge in office
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- sodium iodide — a colorless or white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaI, used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, in organic synthesis, and as a disinfectant in veterinary medicine.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- 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.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.