13-letter words containing s, i, o, u
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- assiduousness — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- at a discount — below the regular price
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
- audiocassette — a cassette containing audiotape
- audiographics — audiographic teleconferencing
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- austin dobson — (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
- austroasiatic — a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
- authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
- autocatalysis — the catalysis of a reaction in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
- autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
- autodidactism — Alternative form of autodidacticism.
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- autotoxicosis — autointoxication.
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.
- bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
- beehive house — a prehistoric circular building found in various parts of Europe, usually of stone and having a dome-shaped roof
- bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
- bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
- bone-crushing — powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- boris godunov — Boris Fedorovich [bawr-is fi-dawr-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs fɪˈdɔr ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605.
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- bouillabaisse — Bouillabaisse is a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables.
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- brachiosaurus — a dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus, up to 30 metres long: the largest land animal ever known