13-letter words containing s, u, r, o, n, d
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
- dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- distributions — Plural form of distribution.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- dress uniform — U.S. Air Force. a uniform consisting of the coat and trousers of the service uniform, with a white shirt and black bow tie, worn for formal occasions.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- food industry — the industry surrounding the production of food
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed