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13-letter words containing h, a, i, r, s, b

  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • ibrahim pasha — 1789–1848, Egyptian general: governor of Syria 1833–40 (son of Mehemet Ali).
  • isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
  • isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
  • labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
  • librarianship — a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
  • microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
  • snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
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