13-letter words containing h, e, a, t, s, o
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- protest march — public demonstration
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- reorchestrate — to orchestrate (a piece of music) again
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- 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.
- 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
- scotch-hearth — ore hearth.
- scratch score — an estimated number of strokes for a hole or course that a scratch player should make
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- seashore test — a test of musical ability in which items measuring tonal memory, rhythm sense, etc., are presented to the subject by means of recordings.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.