13-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- 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-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- structureless — without structure, organization, or arrangement; formless.
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- student nurse — a person who is training to be a nurse at a nursing school or hospital.
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sub-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subappearance — a slight appearance
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcoriaceous — almost leathery
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- 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
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
- submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
- submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
- 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.
- subprefecture — the office or position of subprefect
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
- subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- success story — an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- suffrutescent — partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- 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 resort — a place that many people visit for holidays in summer
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- 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.
- summer squash — any of several squashes of the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo, that mature in the late summer or early autumn and are used as a vegetable in an unripe state, before the rind and seeds become hard.