13-letter words containing b, u, t, s, o
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- 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
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- 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
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- 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 blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
- south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
- 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.
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- subbituminous — (of coal) dark brown to black and intermediate in rank between lignite and bituminous
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- subcontinuous — almost but not quite continuous
- subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- 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.
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting