13-letter words containing a, s, h, i, n
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- humanitarians — Plural form of humanitarian.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- in all things — In all things means in every situation and at all times.
- in good hands — in protective care
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy
- in harm's way — If someone is put in harm's way, they are caused to be in a dangerous situation.
- in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- indian physic — American ipecac.
- inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
- inhabitancies — Plural form of inhabitancy.
- inhabitations — Plural form of inhabitation.
- inhospitality — lack of hospitality; inhospitable attitude toward or treatment of visitors, guests, etc.
- irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
- italian sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord, characterized by having a major third and an augmented sixth above the root
- japanese chin — one of a Japanese breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, black and white or red and white coat and a tail carried over the back.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- judah ha-nasi — Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinanesthesia — A disturbance of deep nerve sensitivity.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leishmaniasis — any infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania.