13-letter words containing o, l, d, s, h, e
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- kneehole desk — a desk with a space for the knees between two side panels
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- non-scheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- old northwest — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- 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 record — the information that is kept about a child at school, including biographical information and exam results
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- shell-shocked — battle fatigue.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.