13-letter words containing s, e, i, d, l
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- classified ad — Classified ads or classified advertisements are small advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. They are usually from a person or small company.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closed-minded — having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.
- cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- collectivised — Simple past tense and past participle of collectivise.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consimilitude — the quality of resembling or of being mutually alike
- consolidative — Tending or having power to consolidate.
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- credibilities — the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
- cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- decapitalised — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- deceitfulness — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delightedness — The quality of being delighted; great pleasure.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- delinquencies — Plural form of delinquency.