13-letter words containing a, b, u, s, i
- public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
- pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- 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.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- 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.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- 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 library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- 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.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- 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.
- sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- 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.
- 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
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.