13-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- 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
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- stereognostic — the ability to determine the shape and weight of an object by touching or lifting it.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- 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 bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- strepsipteron — a strepsipterous insect.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- 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.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superiorities — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
- 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
- superstitious — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.