13-letter words containing a, s, t, u, r
- status report — statement or update
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- steamer trunk — a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.
- stercoraceous — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
- stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- stratocumulus — a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- 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
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
- subculturally — in a subcultural manner or way
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- summarization — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.