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13-letter words containing h, i, t, a, n, d

  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
  • in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
  • in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
  • kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
  • leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • magnetic head — head (def 33).
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
  • metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
  • method acting — film, theater: acting approach
  • methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
  • mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
  • mix and match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
  • mix-and-match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • netherlandian — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
  • night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
  • nodical month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • nonauthorized — Not authorized.
  • nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
  • north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
  • prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
  • rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
  • sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
  • 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
  • shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • 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
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
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