13-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mirthlessness — The state or condition of being mirthless.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.
- mistle thrush — a large, European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, that feeds on the berries of the mistletoe.
- mittelschmerz — dull abdominal pain occurring at the time of ovulation, attributed to the presence of free blood in the peritoneal cavity from the ruptured ovarian follicle.
- mohr's circle — a graphical construction enabling the stresses in the cross-section of a body to be determined if the principal stresses are known
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
- monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
- multiple shop — chain store.
- multitheistic — Of or relating to multitheism.
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- nethertheless — (obsolete) Nevertheless.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- non-scheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- of all others — above all others
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- off the shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- off-the-shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- 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.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- on one's heel — If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.