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13-letter words containing s, l, a, u

  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • soluble glass — sodium silicate.
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
  • south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space capsule — Aerospace. capsule (def 5).
  • space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
  • sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • spurge laurel — a European thymelaeaceous evergreen shrub, Daphne laureola, with glossy leaves and small green flowers
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
  • squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
  • squash player — a person who plays squash
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
  • squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
  • squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
  • stalactitious — containing stalactites
  • state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
  • status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
  • statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
  • stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • stratocumulus — a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
  • 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
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
  • structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
  • structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • sub-librarian — an assistant or junior librarian
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
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