13-letter words containing i, d, o, c
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
- sadomasochism — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sarcodinians' — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- 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
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- scissors hold — a wrestling hold in which one contestant clasps the other with the legs
- sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- scottish fold — a breed of medium-sized short-haired cat with folded ears
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- script doctor — one who revises or alters a script to improve it.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second cousin — a child of a first cousin of one's parent. Compare cousin (def 1).
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- 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.
- 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.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- sigmoid colon — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
- sigmoidoscopy — an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- 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.
- sociodramatic — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- 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.
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.