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13-letter words containing s, p, a, d, r

  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • spatterdashes — long leather leggings worn in the 18th century, as to protect from mud when riding
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spotted adder — milk snake.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • squared paper — graph paper with a pattern of squares formed by lines crossing at right angles.
  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • super tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
  • superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superannuated — retired because of age or infirmity.
  • supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
  • superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
  • trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • under a spell — in a trance
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • understrapper — an underling.
  • unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
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