13-letter words containing s, i, l, e, r
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- still trailer — any dog that follows the trail of its quarry silently.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- stress relief — Stress relief involves removing stresses in a material, usually by heating it to a temperature at which it can deform easily.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
- submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
- 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.
- 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.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- 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.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.