13-letter words containing i, s, n, a, d
- 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.
- syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- this and that — If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
- trained nurse — graduate nurse.
- transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undiscussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- undisguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- undomesticate — to make wild
- undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
- unestablished — not established.
- unillustrated — not containing illustrations
- unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- united states — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. Conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with Alaska and Hawaii, 3,615,122 sq. mi. (9,363,166 sq. km). Capital: Washington, D.C. Abbreviation: U.S., US.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unsecularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- unspecialized — not specialized
- unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- untaintedness — the quality or condition of being untainted
- untransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture