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13-letter words containing e, y, s, o, r

  • spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
  • stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
  • static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • stereo system — a system for recording, reproducing, or broadcasting sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
  • stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • street hockey — road hockey.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
  • success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • summer savory — See under savory2 .
  • superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
  • survey course — an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
  • sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • taylor series — an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) (x 0) (x−x 0) n/n !, where f (n) (x 0) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
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