13-letter words containing d, a, s, h, o
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horseradishes — Plural form of horseradish.
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- househusbands — Plural form of househusband.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- 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.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- in good hands — in protective care
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.