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13-letter words containing t, r, i, n, u

  • saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
  • scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
  • silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single-suiter — one-suiter.
  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
  • stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • 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-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • structuration — the act of giving structure to something
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • 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.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • subtriangular — almost triangular;not quite triangular
  • succinctorium — subcinctorium.
  • summarization — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
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