13-letter words containing l, u, i, s
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- sunda islands — a chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago, consisting of the Greater Sunda Islands (chiefly Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi) and Nusa Tenggara (the Lesser Sunda Islands)
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- suntan lotion — cream that protects against the sun
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- suppositional — the act of supposing.
- supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- 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?
- sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- tourist class — the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes. Compare third class (def 2).
- touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
- tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion