13-letter words containing a, b, e, i
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- san sebastian — a seaport in N Spain: resort.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- space biology — exobiology.
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.