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11-letter words containing s, t, b, r

  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
  • spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
  • spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
  • spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
  • split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
  • split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
  • sprite crab — ghost crab.
  • spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
  • st. bernard — St. Bernard (def 3).
  • st.-lambert — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
  • stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
  • stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • step reebok — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
  • stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • sternotribe — (of a flower) having contact with the sternum of an insect
  • stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
  • stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
  • stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
  • stone broke — having no money whatsoever.
  • stone-broke — having no money whatsoever.
  • stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
  • stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
  • stoop labor — the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields, especially as performed by poorly paid, unskilled workers.
  • storability — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
  • store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
  • stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
  • street arab — a person, especially a child, who lives a homeless, vagabond life on the streets; urchin.
  • stress ball — a small rubber ball squeezed in the hand as a means of relieving stress
  • strike back — retaliate
  • strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
  • strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
  • string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
  • string bass — double bass.
  • string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
  • stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
  • stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
  • sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • sub-culture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
  • sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
  • subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
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