13-letter words containing i, n, s, e, b, l
- robben island — a small island in South Africa, 11 km (7 miles) off the Cape Peninsula: formerly used by the South African government to house political prisoners
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- sensibilities — emotional, mental: responsiveness
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- sensible note — the major seventh note of any scale
- 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.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- 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
- 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.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- 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
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- 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.
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- 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.
- sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- substantively — a noun.
- supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
- suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
- table setting — a set of cutlery, glasses, napkin, etc. for one person, as used on a table
- the invisible — God
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- unamiableness — the state or quality of being unamiable or ill-tempered
- unassimilable — capable of being assimilated.
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.