13-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t, s
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
- shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
- shih huang ti — 259–210 b.c, Chinese emperor c247–210 b.c. initiated the building of the Great Wall of China.
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly