13-letter words containing l, o, a, d, s
- 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 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.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- 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.
- taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
- 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 last word — final retort
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.