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13-letter words containing l, a, d

  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
  • sidereal year — year (def 4c).
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
  • silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • small forward — a versatile attacking player
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
  • 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.
  • sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
  • 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.
  • sow wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
  • 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.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speed walking — power walking.
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