13-letter words containing n, i, s, h
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- resident head — someone who is charge of running and supervising a student residence
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- 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.
- riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
- right as rain — perfectly healthy
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- 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.
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
- runner's high — a state of euphoria experienced during prolonged running or other forms of aerobic, sustained exercise, attributed to an increase of endorphins in the blood.
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint anthony — Antony, Mark.
- 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
- san juan hill — a hill in SE Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba: captured by U.S. forces in battle during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
- sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- schizogenesis — reproduction by fission.
- schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
- scoinson arch — sconcheon arch.
- scorchingness — the state or quality of being scorching
- scorpion fish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- screen rights — the rights to make a film version of a book