13-letter words containing b, e, r, a
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- 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.
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- 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.
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
- standard-bred — pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed.
- state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
- store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.