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13-letter words containing l, a, u, e, n

  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
  • single status — a national agreement that aims to avoid unfairness in pay and reward arrangements for employees and to ensure harmonisation of conditions in comparable posts
  • single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • 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.
  • substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
  • sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
  • sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulfasalazine — a substance, C 1 8 H 1 4 N 4 O 5 S, used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • sunset clause — time limit written into a law
  • superannuable — (of a salary or job) with which a superannuation is associated, which entitles one to a superannuation
  • supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
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