13-letter words containing h, o, l, e, r, s
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- 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.
- mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- 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 olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- of all others — above all others
- off the rails — into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- 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.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- philosophizer — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- reform school — reformatory (def 2).
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again