13-letter words containing s, p, e, c, d
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
- script reader — playreader.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking.
- self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- special needs — learning difficulties
- 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.
- speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
- speech defect — a disorder of speech
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- 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.
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- suspectedness — the state of being suspected
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unrecompensed — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- unsepulchered — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- unspecialized — not specialized
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.