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14-letter words containing a, s, b, u

  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • salt substrate — [MIT] Collective noun used to refer to potato chips, pretzels, saltines, or any other form of snack food designed primarily as a carrier for sodium chloride. From the technical term "chip substrate", used to refer to the silicon on the top of which the active parts of integrated circuits are deposited.
  • saut de basque — a jump in which the dancer turns in the air while keeping the foot of one leg drawn up to the knee of the other.
  • saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
  • slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
  • squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • sub-treasuries — a subordinate or branch treasury.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • subinsinuation — an indirect or incomplete insinuation
  • subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
  • subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
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