13-letter words containing u, r, e, o, t, l
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- store rollout — Store rollout happens when a retailer expands, opening new outlets in a planned way.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- 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.
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- 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.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
- suspercollate — to hang
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view