13-letter words containing t, e, r, s, i, a
- 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.
- steamer chair — deck chair.
- steering gear — the apparatus or mechanism for steering a ship, automobile, bicycle, airplane, etc.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- 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.
- still trailer — any dog that follows the trail of its quarry silently.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- 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
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- street artist — creates art in public
- strepsipteran — strepsipterous.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- 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.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subliterature — writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subperiosteal — 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.
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious