13-letter words containing h, e, r, d, t, s
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- 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.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- isodrosotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having an equal dew point.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overstretched — to stretch excessively.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus