13-letter words containing s, a, b, u
- mosquito boat — PT boat.
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- pas de basque — a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
- pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- republicanism — republican government.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rough as bags — uncouth
- run sb ragged — If someone runs you ragged, they make you do so much that you become exhausted.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.