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13-letter words containing l, u, b, i

  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
  • slimming club — a group of people who meet regularly and are all trying to lose weight
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
  • stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • 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.
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subinvolution — (of organs) a partial return to normal size
  • sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
  • submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
  • submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • 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.
  • subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • substantially — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
  • supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • the beautiful — the quality of beauty
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • tintinnabular — of or relating to bells or bell ringing.
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