13-letter words containing h, e, l, s, p
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephant seal — either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flesh peddler — a prostitute.
- flesh-peddler — an employment agent or agency, especially one that recruits executives.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- glossographer — a glossator.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- happy release — liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition
- helispherical — spiral
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heptasyllable — a word or line of verse of seven syllables.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- 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.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.