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13-letter words containing t, e, l, d

  • sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
  • sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
  • slotted spoon — a large spoon whose bowl has several slots or holes for draining liquid from food being ladled.
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
  • split spindle — a turned piece halved lengthwise for use as applied ornament, as on a chest or cupboard, or as part of a chair back or the like.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • 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.
  • stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
  • standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • staten island — an island facing New York Bay.
  • stores ledger — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • 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
  • superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
  • tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
  • tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
  • team handball — a game, similar to soccer, played between two teams of seven players who catch, dribble, throw, or hit the ball with the hands.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • 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.
  • teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
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