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13-letter words containing h, s, t, r

  • foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.
  • foster mother — a woman who takes the place of a mother in raising a child.
  • fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
  • franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
  • frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
  • full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gastrorrhagia — (medical) A hemorrhage from the stomach, also known as a gastric hemorrhage.
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • get somewhere — to make progress
  • get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
  • gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
  • gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
  • grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
  • grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
  • grape harvest — gathering of ripe grapes from the vine
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
  • growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
  • haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
  • hainan strait — a strait between Hainan island and Leizhou peninsula. 50 miles (81 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
  • hair restorer — a lotion claimed to promote hair growth
  • hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
  • hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
  • hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
  • handcraftsman — A handicraftsman.
  • harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
  • harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
  • hard and fast — strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • hard-and-fast — strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules.
  • harley street — a street in London, England: noted for the eminent doctors who have offices there.
  • harmonisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonization.
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