13-letter words containing o, n, h
- 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.
- spanish onion — a large-sized, mild, succulent onion, often eaten raw.
- spanish topaz — citrine (def 2).
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- sphagnum moss — Botany
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- 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.
- spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
- splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
- stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
- stony-hearted — hardhearted.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- 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
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- 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.
- 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.