13-letter words containing s, e, a, i, d
- antipesticide — opposed to the use of pesticides
- apostrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize.
- aptitude test — An aptitude test is a test that is specially designed to find out how easily and how well you can do something.
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- arseniuretted — combined with arsenic so as to form an arsenide.
- arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
- ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
- asses' bridge — pons asinorum
- assiduousness — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
- attitudinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attitudinize.
- audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
- audiocassette — a cassette containing audiotape
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
- baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
- baltic shield — the wide area of ancient rock in Scandinavia
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
- barred spiral — a spiral galaxy in which the arms originate at the ends of a bar-shaped nucleus
- basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
- basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
- basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- bastard title — half title (def 1).
- bastard-title — Also called bastard title. the first printed page of certain books, appearing after the end papers and before the title page and containing only the title of the book.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
- bedside table — a small table beside a bed
- biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- black disease — an infectious necrotic hepatitis in sheep and occasionally cattle caused by toxins produced by infection with species of Clostridial. Secondary to liver fluke infestation, the disease is characterized by sudden death. So-called because of the black discolouration of subcutaneous tissues due to congestion and haemorrhage seen at post-mortem
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- boarding fees — fees paid for boarding at a school
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- borna disease — viral disease found in mammals, esp horses
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- bridal shower — a party, held for a woman before her wedding, to which her friends bring gifts
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.