13-letter words containing a, s, t, u, e
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- bedaux system — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- blue asbestos — a common name for the mineral crocidolite, a variety of asbestos found in Africa and Australia
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- bus mastering — bus master
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- come a stumer — to crash financially
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.