13-letter words containing s, u, c, e, l
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- substanceless — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- successlessly — without success, unsuccessfully
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- sunset clause — time limit written into a law
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- super-culture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- supracellular — beyond the limits or above the level of cells.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surface-layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
- suspercollate — to hang
- sustentacular — supporting.
- sustentaculum — an organ or part that gives support
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- uncleanliness — unclean.
- uncloudedness — the quality or state of being unclouded or free of clouds
- uncontestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.