13-letter words containing s, o, n, a, d
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- toss and turn — If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- untransformed — not transformed; not having been transformed
- ups and downs — good and bad experiences
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- well-seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- word deafness — inability to comprehend the meanings of words though they are heard, caused by lesions of the auditory center of the brain.
- wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- xenodiagnosis — a method of diagnosing certain diseases caused by insects, ticks, or other vectors, by allowing uninfected vectors to feed on the patient and later examining them for infections.
- you don't say — You can use 'You don't say' to express surprise at what someone has told you. People often use this expression to indicate that in fact they are not surprised.