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13-letter words containing a, b, u, s, e

  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • 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.
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
  • sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • soluble glass — sodium silicate.
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • 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.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • 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.
  • square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
  • squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
  • state banquet — a formal banquet given for the head of a country
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subassemblage — a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcoriaceous — almost leathery
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
  • subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
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