13-letter words containing a, s, r, i, g, h
- sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
- 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
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- 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.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- straight away — immediately
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- 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
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- stratigraphic — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
- 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.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- 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.
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- 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.
- ultrarightist — ultraright.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- whitlow grass — any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.