13-letter words containing s, l, a, u
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- 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.
- pull a fastie — to play a sly trick
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- quasi-totally — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- 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.
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- republicanism — republican government.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- 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.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- saint austell — a town in SW England, in S Cornwall on St Austell Bay (an inlet of the English Channel): centre for the now-declining china clay industry; the Eden Project, a rainforest environment in the world's largest greenhouse, is nearby; administratively part of St Austell with Fowey 1968-74. Pop (with Fowey): 22 658 (2001)
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- sales figures — the amount of sales of something within a particular time frame
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- san juan hill — a hill in SE Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba: captured by U.S. forces in battle during the Spanish-American War in 1898.