13-letter words starting with s
- street hockey — road hockey.
- street market — outdoor stalls
- street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address
- street people — homeless people
- street person — a homeless person
- street smarts — You can use street smarts to refer to the skills and intelligence people need to be successful in difficult situations, especially in a city.
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- street-walker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- streets apart — markedly different
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- strenuousness — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strepsipteran — strepsipterous.
- strepsipteron — a strepsipterous insect.
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- stress relief — Stress relief involves removing stresses in a material, usually by heating it to a temperature at which it can deform easily.
- stressed skin — a composite plywood material used especially in the construction of light aircraft
- stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- string bikini — a skimpy bikini having often a triangular covering part held in place by narrow, string-like ties
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- stringentness — the quality or state of being stringent
- stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped pine — natural pine from which any varnish or painted finish has been removed
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralist — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- structuration — the act of giving structure to something
- structureless — without structure, organization, or arrangement; formless.
- student grant — a grant of money awarded to somebody to fund their studying at a university or college
- student nurse — a person who is training to be a nurse at a nursing school or hospital.
- student union — a building or rooms on a college or university campus, set aside for recreational, social, and governmental activities of the students.
- stuffed derma — kishke.