13-letter words containing p, d, s, a
- 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.
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
- speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
- speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
- speed walking — power walking.
- spend a penny — to urinate
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
- splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spotted adder — milk snake.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- squared paper — graph paper with a pattern of squares formed by lines crossing at right angles.
- stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
- standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- 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.
- super tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
- superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superannuated — retired because of age or infirmity.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- 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.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer