13-letter words containing s, i, l, a, d, r
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- intersidereal — interstellar
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- like sardines — very closely crowded together
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- lizard's-tail — either of two marsh herbs of the genus Saururus, especially S. cernuus, of North America, having drooping spikes of fragrant, white flowers.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
- multistranded — having several strands
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- nonindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- old ritualist — Raskolnik.
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.