13-letter words containing g, a, s, t, h
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- straight away — immediately
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- stratigraphic — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- that's enough — You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way.
- thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- thermostating — 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.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
- tsutsugamushi — any of various rickettsial disease, including scrub typhus
- ultrarightist — ultraright.
- vanishing act — a vanishing act is when someone is impossible to contact, or disappears from public view
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- washingtonian — living in or coming from Washington, D.C., or the state of Washington.
- western ghats — a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)