13-letter words containing h, a, l, m, s
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
- schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- shamelessness — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- 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.
- sheep measles — a disease of sheep caused by infestation by the cysticerci of a dog tapeworm (Taenia ovis)
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
- 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.”.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- 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.
- 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
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- 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 small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- thermal baths — warm water spa
- 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.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- 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.
- thomas tallys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
- whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
- whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.