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13-letter words containing r, o, d, e

  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • school record — the information that is kept about a child at school, including biographical information and exam results
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
  • sealed orders — written instructions that are not to be read until a specified time
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • second of arc — second2 (def 4).
  • second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
  • second person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking.
  • second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
  • second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
  • second-degree — In the United States, second-degree is used to describe crimes that are considered to be less serious than first-degree crimes.
  • second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
  • second-source — of or pertaining to a cooperative arrangement whereby the products, as electronic parts, of one company are also manufactured by another company
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • send away for — order by post
  • senior editor — chief publishing manager
  • senza sordino — a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • serodiagnosis — a diagnosis involving tests on blood serum or other serous fluid of the body.
  • seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
  • short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • short-sleeved — having short sleeves
  • short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • shut the door — put up a barrier
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