13-letter words containing t, a, r, n, i, s
- starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
- starting rate — (in Britain) a rate of income tax below the basic rate
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- stationmaster — a person in charge of a railroad station; station agent.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- steering gear — the apparatus or mechanism for steering a ship, automobile, bicycle, airplane, etc.
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- sterilization — the act of sterilizing.
- sterling area — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strepsipteran — strepsipterous.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- 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.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- 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.
- subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
- summarization — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- superdominant — submediant.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- taiwan strait — strait between Taiwan & Fujian province, China, joining the East & South China seas: c. 100 mi (161 km) wide
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone