13-letter words containing n, a, c, o, d, s
- second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts services and reads from the Scriptures.
- second-grader — a pupil who is in the second grade
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- sectionalized — divided into sections
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- sex addiction — an addiction to sexual activity
- sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
- standard cost — a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- 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.
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- 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
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- 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.
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.