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13-letter words containing a, y, r, s, h

  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
  • psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
  • ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
  • 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.
  • rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
  • saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
  • saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
  • saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
  • saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • shy away from — If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • squash player — a person who plays squash
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • straight away — immediately
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • thalassocracy — dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
  • the adversary — Satan
  • the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
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