0%

13-letter words containing s, l, u, t, e

  • 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.
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • 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).
  • revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • 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
  • rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
  • 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 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.
  • samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
  • sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
  • 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.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
  • sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
  • sexual health — health care and counselling related to sexual relations, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, etc
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
  • silver bullet — direct or immediate solution
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • silver-bullet — a quick solution to a difficult problem.
  • single status — a national agreement that aims to avoid unfairness in pay and reward arrangements for employees and to ensure harmonisation of conditions in comparable posts
  • single-suiter — one-suiter.
  • single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
  • skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?