13-letter words containing a, u, s, o
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- 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).
- 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.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
- 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.
- subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- 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.
- subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfisoxazole — a white to yellowish, crystalline, slightly bitter sulfonamide, C 1 1 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 S, used chiefly in the treatment of infections of the urinary tract.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- summarization — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- suntan lotion — cream that protects against the sun
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.