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

  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sorbitization — the act of sorbitizing
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
  • standard-bred — pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed.
  • state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address
  • strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
  • string bikini — a skimpy bikini having often a triangular covering part held in place by narrow, string-like ties
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
  • strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sub-aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
  • subculturally — in a subcultural manner or way
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
  • submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
  • submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
  • subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
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