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13-letter words containing b, u, e, n

  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • 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.
  • 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 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 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.
  • sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
  • snooze button — a button on an alarm clock that, if pressed when the alarm is going off, will suspend its ringing for a brief time before allowing it to go off again
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • 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.
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
  • 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.
  • square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
  • state banquet — a formal banquet given for the head of a country
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • 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-reference — an act or instance of referring.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • 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.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subject index — alphabetical contents list
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
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