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13-letter words containing d, i, s, h, e, l

  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
  • hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • 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.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • let sth slide — If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
  • lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • 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.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • methodistical — Methodistic.
  • methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • 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.
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • school dinner — meal served at educational institution
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
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