13-letter words containing a, s, h, l, e, r
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- of all others — above all others
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- 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.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- 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
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- 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.
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- 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)
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.