13-letter words containing a, h, i, e
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- radiesthesist — a practitioner of radiesthesia
- radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
- rain or shine — regardless of the weather or circumstances; in any event: The concert will be held, rain or shine. He's always a reliable friend, rain or shine.
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- regime change — the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
- rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- reprographics — reprography.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- right bracket — (character) "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- riviera beach — a town in SE Florida.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8