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13-letter words containing h, i, s, l, o, r

  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
  • hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
  • hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
  • hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
  • joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
  • lissotrichous — having straight hair.
  • lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
  • lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
  • loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microphyllous — having microphylls
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • mohr's circle — a graphical construction enabling the stresses in the cross-section of a body to be determined if the principal stresses are known
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
  • necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
  • northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
  • nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
  • off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
  • officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
  • orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
  • orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
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