13-letter words containing i, r, s, h, e, p
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- direct speech — actual words spoken, not quoted or reported
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
- hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- helispherical — spiral
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.