13-letter words containing h, u, l, d, r
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multithreaded — multithreading
- 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.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- 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.
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- to hold court — If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- under the lee — towards the lee
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
- unsepulchered — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.