13-letter words containing m, i, s, h, n
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- rising rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable preceded by one or more unaccented ones.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- 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.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steinheim man — a human of the middle Pleistocene Epoch known from a skull found in Germany and considered to be archaic Homo sapiens.
- superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- 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.
- thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.