13-letter words containing s, a, i, n, t, b
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mistranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- neoliberalist — A supporter of neoliberalism.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
- obstinateness — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- 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.
- riding stable — a place where horses are kept for people to ride
- saint bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
- 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.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- san sebastian — a seaport in N Spain: resort.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- 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.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- sorbitization — the act of sorbitizing
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- stabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation