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13-letter words containing h, i, p, a

  • spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • spanish topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • 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.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • star sapphire — a sapphire, cut cabochon, exhibiting asterism in the form of a colorless six-rayed star.
  • statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
  • stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • stratigraphic — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
  • supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • take the piss — mock
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
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