13-letter words containing a, u, d, h
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- pseudesthesia — phantom limb pain.
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- such and such — definite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- unapprehended — to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- under hatches — below decks
- underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- unestablished — not established.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- uttar pradesh — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.