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13-letter words containing n, o, r, h

  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
  • 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.
  • spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
  • sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
  • staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synchondrosis — the joining of two bones by cartilage
  • synchronicity — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronistic — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronology — combined chronology
  • synchronously — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the far north — the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world
  • the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
  • the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
  • the noble art — boxing
  • the northeast — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
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