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13-letter words containing i, n, h, o, l, e

  • river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
  • scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
  • school dinner — meal served at educational institution
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • 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 neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
  • unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
  • untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
  • ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
  • white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
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