13-letter words containing h, a, u, l, s, o
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 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.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- 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.
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polythalamous — having multiple chambers
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- psammophilous — living or growing in sand
- 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
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
- 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)
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- 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
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas