13-letter words containing a, n, b, r
- sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
- subappearance — a slight appearance
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- 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.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
- subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- suburbicarian — being near the city of Rome.
- superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superannuable — (of a salary or job) with which a superannuation is associated, which entitles one to a superannuation
- superbrain ii — (computer) The 1982 successor to the Superbrain with a faster and enhanced disk operating system and improved video and graphics.
- supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
- suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- table manners — etiquette when eating
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
- take on board — be receptive
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
- the noble art — boxing
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- tintinnabular — of or relating to bells or bell ringing.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- trade balance — balance of trade.
- trail-blazing — A trail-blazing idea, event, or organization is new, exciting, and original.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transmembrane — occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- treble chance — a method of betting in football pools in which the chances of winning are related to the number of draws and the number of home and away wins forecast by the competitor
- trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.