13-letter words containing s, e, n, d, a
- free-standing — A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- garden shears — shears used for gardening
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- greenland sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Greenland and N of Iceland.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- half-finished — ended or completed.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- haphazardness — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hide and seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- hide-and-seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- househusbands — Plural form of househusband.