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

  • grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
  • harmonisation — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonization.
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
  • hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
  • hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
  • historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
  • histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
  • homeownership — a person who owns a home.
  • honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
  • honoris causa — for the sake of honour
  • hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
  • horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • horse stinger — a dragonfly.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
  • housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
  • hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • 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.
  • hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
  • hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
  • in sb's honor — If something is arranged or happens in someone's honor, it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
  • incoherencies — incoherence.
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