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13-letter words containing a, e, r, o, t, h

  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
  • glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • graph plotter — plotter
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • growth market — a rapidly expanding market
  • growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
  • hack together — (jargon)   To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
  • haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
  • hair restorer — a lotion claimed to promote hair growth
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
  • hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
  • harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
  • harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
  • hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
  • hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
  • harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
  • hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
  • hathor-headed — (of an ancient Egyptian column) having a capital in the form of the head of Hathor; Hathoric.
  • haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
  • haute-garonne — a department in S France. 2458 sq. mi. (6365 sq. km). Capital: Toulouse.
  • head of water — a quantity of water
  • health resort — spa
  • heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
  • heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
  • heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
  • heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
  • heart trouble — cardiac condition
  • heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heating power — power that can be used to heat something
  • heliotropical — heliotropic
  • hell on earth — torment, horrendous experience
  • hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
  • hematothermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
  • hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
  • heortological — of or relating to heortology
  • hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
  • hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
  • herborization — the act or process of herborizing
  • hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
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