13-letter words containing i, s, o, t, n
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hyposensitive — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- hyposensitize — to cause (a person) to become less sensitive to (a substance producing an allergic reaction); desensitize.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- i-proposition — a particular affirmative proposition
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- idiot strings — strings attached to children's mittens to prevent the wearer from losing them
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illusionistic — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- immunisations — Plural form of immunisation.
- immunizations — Plural form of immunization.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonators — Plural form of impersonator.
- impetuousness — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- implantations — Plural form of implantation.