13-letter words containing a, g, u, s, c
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- 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.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.