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13-letter words containing h, r, d, i, a

  • shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • 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
  • silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
  • silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
  • speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
  • straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
  • trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
  • unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
  • varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
  • vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
  • wedding march — a musical composition played during a wedding procession.
  • whidah (bird) — whydah (bird)
  • whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
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