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13-letter words containing s, a, u, d, e

  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
  • roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • saturated fat — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • 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.
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • semiautomated — partially automated.
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • 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.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • 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.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
  • square-rigged — having square sails as the principal sails.
  • squared paper — graph paper with a pattern of squares formed by lines crossing at right angles.
  • squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
  • stand accused — If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
  • steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
  • stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
  • stuffed derma — kishke.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • substantiated — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • sugar of lead — lead acetate.
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