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13-letter words containing l, a, d, i, s, h

  • hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
  • high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
  • hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
  • histodialysis — histolysis.
  • hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
  • in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • methodistical — Methodistic.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
  • silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • 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.
  • the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • unestablished — not established.
  • vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
  • wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • zila parishad — a district council in India
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