13-letter words containing p, h, o, s, n
- smooth-spoken — speaking or spoken easily and softly.
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- 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)
- 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)
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- 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.
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- 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).
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.