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13-letter words containing h, i, g, e, s, t

  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • sergeant fish — cobia
  • serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
  • serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
  • seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
  • sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
  • 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
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
  • stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
  • straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
  • synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the big issue — a weekly magazine, founded to highlight the plight of the homeless, and sold by homeless people
  • the big smoke — a large city, esp London
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
  • the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
  • the spotlight — the focus of attention
  • thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
  • thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
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