13-letter words containing b, e, s, i, n
- 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.
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- shoeshine boy — a man or boy who cleans shoes
- show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single-barrel — a gun having one barrel, especially a shotgun.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- 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.
- skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- 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.
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- 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.
- spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stingless bee — any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- 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.
- 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.
- sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- subconcession — the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
- subconscience — an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I'd eat another piece of pie but my conscience would bother me.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.