13-letter words containing p, e, t, s, h
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- star sapphire — a sapphire, cut cabochon, exhibiting asterism in the form of a colorless six-rayed star.
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- 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.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
- stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superstrength — great strength
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
- take the piss — mock
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
- the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- the-possessed — a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky.