13-letter words containing d, o, e, c, a, s
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- second advent — Second Coming.
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.