13-letter words containing s, a, b, t, r
- 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.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- 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.
- 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.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
- subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- table manners — etiquette when eating
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- tetrasyllable — a word or line of verse of four syllables.
- that's better — You say 'That's better' in order to express your approval of what someone has said or done, or to praise or encourage them.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- thermal baths — warm water spa
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transmembrane — occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- trestle table — a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher.
- tributariness — the state of being tributary
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tubular bells — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- tubular steel — steel in the shape of a cylinder or long narrow rectangle; tube-shaped steel
- turban squash — a turban-shaped variety of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- unpresentable — not fit to be shown or introduced to other people
- unrespectable — not able to be respected
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable