13-letter words containing i, d, y, l, s
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
- self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sidereal year — year (def 4c).
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- spondylolysis — the destruction of the vertebra
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- 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.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- 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.
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undiscernedly — in an undiscerned manner
- undisguisedly — in an undisguised manner
- undisturbedly — in an undisturbed manner
- user-friendly — easy to use, operate, understand, etc.: the most user-friendly personal computer now on the market.
- woolly indris — a related nocturnal Madagascan animal, Avahi laniger, with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail
- yieldableness — the quality of being submissive or compliant