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15-letter words containing s, u, b, o, i

  • saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
  • scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • silicone rubber — any of the synthetic rubbers made from silicone elastomers.
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
  • sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
  • southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • stable equation — a differential equation each solution of which tends to zero as the independent variable increases to infinity. Compare transient (def 6).
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • sub-distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
  • sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
  • subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
  • subcivilization — a division of a civilization
  • subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
  • subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
  • subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
  • subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
  • suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • substitutionary — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • suburbanization — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
  • subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
  • television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • unobtrusiveness — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
  • urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
  • us savings bond — A US Savings bond is a long-term bond issued by the US government that is considered low-risk.
  • viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
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