13-letter words containing h, i, s, e, d
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
- spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- stem the tide — prevent sth increasing
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- 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.
- 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 east side — the east side of Manhattan Island in New York City
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- theodosius ii — a.d. 401–450, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 408–450.
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
- undishonoured — not dishonoured; not disgraced or disrespected
- unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
- unestablished — not established.
- unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- verkhneudinsk — former name of Ulan Ude.
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- well-finished — ended or completed.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- western hindi — the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- whistle dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- whistle-dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- winding sheet — shroud (def 1).
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.