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13-letter words containing h, a, t, e, l

  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
  • play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • 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
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • rehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
  • rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
  • schoolteacher — a teacher in a school, especially in one below the college level.
  • schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
  • seal the deal — make an agreement official
  • self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
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