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13-letter words containing g, i, l, n, h

  • shill bidding — (on an online auction) the illegal practice of a seller or a seller’s acquaintances placing bids on his or her goods in order to drive up the price
  • shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
  • sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • 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).
  • twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
  • twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
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