13-letter words containing h, a, l, e, u
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- muddle-headed — confused, scatterbrained
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multithreaded — multithreading
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neurohormonal — pertaining to or controlled by a neurohormone.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
- one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preacher curl — a weightlifting exercise for the biceps in which a barbell is lifted by flexing the elbows, with the upper arms resting on an angled bench
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- regular graph — (mathematics) A graph in which all nodes have the same degree.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- sexual health — health care and counselling related to sexual relations, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, etc
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- squash player — a person who plays squash
- 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.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic