13-letter words containing o, t, l, i, h, s
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
- scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- scottish fold — a breed of medium-sized short-haired cat with folded ears
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- shoot-to-kill — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to kill rather than disable
- shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- 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.
- sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
- solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- stiletto heel — spike heel.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing