13-letter words containing m, u, s, l
- stratocumulus — a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- subassemblage — a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
- submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- 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.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- 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
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- sustentaculum — an organ or part that gives support
- sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
- sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
- tout ensemble — all together.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner