13-letter words containing a, u, r, e, l
- saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- spurge laurel — a European thymelaeaceous evergreen shrub, Daphne laureola, with glossy leaves and small green flowers
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- squash player — a person who plays squash
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- 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
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- 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.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural