13-letter words that end in use
- russel crouse — Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- sunset clause — time limit written into a law
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
- willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain