13-letter words containing a, p, h, e
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scratch paper — rough paper for notes, etc.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shakespearean — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sheep measles — a disease of sheep caused by infestation by the cysticerci of a dog tapeworm (Taenia ovis)
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sheepshearing — an act or instance of shearing sheep.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
- ship's papers — the documents that are required by law to be carried by a ship for the purpose of ascertaining details of her ownership, nationality, destination, and cargo or to prove her neutrality
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shoe repairer — a person who mends shoes
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- spatterdashes — long leather leggings worn in the 18th century, as to protect from mud when riding
- spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
- specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally