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11-letter words containing l, a, s, d

  • second-half — happening in the second half of a game
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
  • self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • self-loader — semiautomatic (def 3).
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
  • sesquipedal — given to using long words.
  • severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
  • shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
  • shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
  • shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
  • shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
  • shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
  • shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
  • shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
  • side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
  • side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
  • side-saddle — a saddle for women on which the rider sits, facing forward, usually with both feet on the left side of the horse.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
  • sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • slack-baked — improperly baked.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
  • slant board — a tiltable board that allows a person to lie with the feet higher than the head while doing exercises.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
  • slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
  • sleep shade — an opaque, masklike covering for the eyes, usually fitted with an elasticized cord that passes around the head, worn to aid sleep by shutting out light.
  • sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • slide valve — a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.
  • slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
  • sluggardise — indolence or laziness
  • sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • small goods — meats bought from a delicatessen, such as sausages
  • small-sized — small in size
  • smallholder — owner of small plot of land
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
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