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13-letter words containing d, a, s, h, o

  • 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.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • 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.
  • spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
  • staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
  • sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the last word — final retort
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thermostatted — 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.
  • thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
  • thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
  • 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.
  • vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
  • weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
  • west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • who-does-what — (of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions
  • windsor chair — a wooden chair of many varieties, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward: common in 18th-century England and in the American colonies.
  • wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
  • wordsworthian — William, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
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