13-letter words containing h, i, t, o, r
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- ship-to-shore — operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synchronicity — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.