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13-letter words containing e, n, h, a

  • pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
  • pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • pomme blanche — breadroot.
  • pompano beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
  • psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
  • psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • rain or shine — regardless of the weather or circumstances; in any event: The concert will be held, rain or shine. He's always a reliable friend, rain or shine.
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
  • reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • redondo beach — a city in SW California.
  • refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
  • regime change — the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
  • rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rose of china — China rose (def 2).
  • run the gamut — The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
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