13-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- shirt-sleeves — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short-sleeved — having short sleeves
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
- silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
- silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
- sit well with — to be agreeable to
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
- smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- 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)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- speech bubble — cartoon: spoken text in a balloon
- speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.