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13-letter words containing a, n, i, h, l, t

  • north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
  • nothing loath — willing
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
  • orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • 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.
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • 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)
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
  • slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
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