13-letter words containing a, l, s, i, r, t
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
- standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting line — marking at beginning of a race
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- sterilization — the act of sterilizing.
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- still trailer — any dog that follows the trail of its quarry silently.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- 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.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.