13-letter words containing r, a, b, i, n, o
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- 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.
- sonic barrier — sound barrier.
- sorbitization — the act of sorbitizing
- 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 library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- 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.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- 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.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
- tromba marina — trumpet marine.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unpolarizable — not capable of being polarized
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- victorian box — a tree, Pittosporum undulatum, of Australia, having shiny, wavy-margined, oblong leaves and fragrant clusters of yellowish flowers.
- warner robins — a city in central Georgia.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.