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

  • rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
  • riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
  • rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • school dinner — meal served at educational institution
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • shadow boxing — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
  • shill bidding — (on an online auction) the illegal practice of a seller or a seller’s acquaintances placing bids on his or her goods in order to drive up the price
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • shooting-down — fatal shooting
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • 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 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.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • swindle sheet — an expense account.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synchondrosis — the joining of two bones by cartilage
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
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