13-letter words containing e, l, u, s, o
- self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
- sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
- skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
- skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- soluble glass — sodium silicate.
- 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.
- somniloquence — sleep-talking
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- sounding line — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- 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.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration