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