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13-letter words containing o, b, e, a

  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
  • smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • soluble glass — sodium silicate.
  • 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.
  • sonic barrier — sound barrier.
  • sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcoriaceous — almost leathery
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • 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.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • take on board — be receptive
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
  • the boat race — a rowing event held annually in the spring, in which an eight representing Oxford University rows against one representing Cambridge University on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
  • the noble art — boxing
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