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13-letter words containing u, b, i, s, n, t

  • mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
  • multibusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • news bulletin — a usually short news broadcast
  • nonsubjective — Not subjective.
  • nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
  • obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • 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
  • subcinctorium — an embroidered silk vestment resembling, but somewhat broader than, a maniple, worn by the pope on solemn occasions.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
  • substantially — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
  • substantiated — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • substantivity — the quality or state of being substantive
  • substantivize — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
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