13-letter words containing s, a, r, e, b, y
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- releasability — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- rib eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rib-eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- 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.
- self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- 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.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- tetrasyllable — a word or line of verse of four syllables.
- 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.
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unpleasurably — without pleasure, in an unpleasurable manner
- x-ray burster — a celestial source from which bursts of x-rays are received.