13-letter words containing o, e, s, t, r, i
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- sports writer — A sports writer is a journalist who writes about sport.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- stationmaster — a person in charge of a railroad station; station agent.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- 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
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- sterilization — the act of sterilizing.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- strepsipteron — a strepsipterous insect.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- 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.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.