13-letter words containing s, u, b, t, a
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- built-up mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- bus mastering — bus master
- bustard quail — button quail.
- bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
- buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
- busto arsizio — a city in Lombardy, N Italy.
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- disambiguated — Simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disambiguate.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- dishabituated — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- east by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. Abbreviation: EbS.
- equitableness — The state or quality of being equitable; equitability.
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- fusible metal — any of various alloys, as of bismuth, lead, and tin, that melt at temperatures as low as 160°F (70°C), making them useful in various safety devices.
- great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner