13-letter words containing t, u, b, i
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retributivist — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- run batted in — a runner advanced to home for a score by a particular player at bat, as when he or she gets a hit or a walk with the bases loaded: a category important in individual offensive statistics. Abbreviation: R.B.I.
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- 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.
- 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.
- silver bullet — direct or immediate solution
- silver-bullet — a quick solution to a difficult problem.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- 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.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- subastringent — slightly astringent.
- subbituminous — (of coal) dark brown to black and intermediate in rank between lignite and bituminous
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
- subcollection — the act of collecting.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- subcontinuous — almost but not quite continuous
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- subindication — the act or process of subindicating
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- subinvolution — (of organs) a partial return to normal size
- subject index — alphabetical contents list
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- sublieutenant — British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.