13-letter words containing a, y, r, s, h
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- happy release — liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition
- harley street — a street in London, England: noted for the eminent doctors who have offices there.
- harpers ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- 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.
- hydrarthrosis — a build-up of fluid or water in the cavity of a joint, esp the knee joint
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hypermegasoma — gigantism.
- hyperparasite — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hyperprosexia — a condition in which the whole attention is occupied by one object or idea to the exclusion of others
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
- 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).
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.