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13-letter words containing o, n, e, s, h, l

  • 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.
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • 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.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • 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.
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
  • threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unsmotherable — unquenchable
  • unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
  • whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
  • wholesomeness — The state of being wholesome.
  • willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
  • with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
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