13-letter words containing d, u, a, l, s
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- sawdust trail — the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- 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.
- south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
- sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- sunda islands — a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.