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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.
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