13-letter words containing a, r, s, h, i, n
- spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
- transisthmian — across an isthmus (a narrow strip of body tissue)
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- vasa murrhina — an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white arsenic — arsenous acid
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.