13-letter words containing h, a, i, l, s, t
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- 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 thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.