13-letter words containing i, n, t, h, e, s
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitrous ether — ethyl nitrite.
- non-aesthetic — relating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly.
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- north ossetia — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth
- on the inside — in a position allowing access to secret information, special advantage or favor, etc.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- 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.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perinephritis — the inflammation of the perinephrium
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- presidentship — presidency.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.