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13-letter words containing h, i, n, d, e

  • homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
  • honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • 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.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
  • hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydrogenizing — Present participle of hydrogenize.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
  • hydroxide ion — the anion OH−.
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • i-head engine — an internal-combustion engine with both intake and exhaust valves placed directly above the piston.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • indexing head — a circular plate mounted to rotate on its centre, inscribed with concentric circles, each accurately divided, the dimensions being marked by drilled holes. The plate can be moved round with a workpiece to facilitate the accurate location of holes or other machining operations on the workpiece
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
  • into the wind — against the wind or upwind
  • john endicott — John, Endecott, John.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
  • kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
  • kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
  • l-head engine — an internal-combustion engine having the intake and exhaust valves arranged in a chamber along one side of the pistons.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • lichenic acid — fumaric acid.
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
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