13-letter words containing e, t, h, a, n, o
- giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- haematogenous — producing blood
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- halotolerance — The quality or degree of being halotolerant.
- hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- hartford fern — a climbing or sprawling fern, Lygodium palmatum, of the eastern U.S., having deeply lobed ivylike leaves.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- haute-garonne — a department in S France. 2458 sq. mi. (6365 sq. km). Capital: Toulouse.
- heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heat equation — a partial differential equation the solution of which gives the distribution of temperature in a region as a function of space and time when the temperature at the boundaries, the initial distribution of temperature, and the physical properties of the medium are specified.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hell on earth — torment, horrendous experience
- hellenization — to make Greek in character.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- 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.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hessian boots — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- hexamethonium — a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- 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.
- host an event — If a hotel or organization hosts an event, it provides the facilities for the event to take place.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.