13-letter words containing e, l, u, s
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- 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.
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hercules-club — Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- 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.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- houselessness — Lack of a house; homelessness.
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- 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.
- 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.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- 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.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- ill-disguised — badly concealed or hidden.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illustratable — Capable of being illustrated.
- immutableness — The state of being immutable; unchangeableness.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- impulsiveness — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- in silhouette — If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline.