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13-letter words containing s, u, b, c

  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • 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.
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • public spirit — active interest in public welfare or the good of the community
  • pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • slimming club — a group of people who meet regularly and are all trying to lose weight
  • speech bubble — cartoon: spoken text in a balloon
  • spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
  • stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • sub-reference — an act or instance of referring.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subcommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • subconcession — the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
  • subconscience — an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I'd eat another piece of pie but my conscience would bother me.
  • subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
  • subcontinuous — almost but not quite continuous
  • subcontractor — Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.
  • subcoriaceous — almost leathery
  • subculturally — in a subcultural manner or way
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • subindication — the act or process of subindicating
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subject index — alphabetical contents list
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