13-letter words containing o, u, r, l
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- store rollout — Store rollout happens when a retailer expands, opening new outlets in a planned way.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- 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).
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- 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.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- 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
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- 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.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- 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.
- superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
- superpowerful — extremely powerful
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superregional — involving many regions
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- 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.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- 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.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.