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13-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o, l

  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
  • false horizon — a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
  • floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
  • flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
  • french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
  • french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gilmore, john — John Gilmore
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
  • honorifically — In a honorific manner.
  • honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
  • horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
  • horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
  • hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • leonine rhyme — the form of internal rhyme used in leonine verse.
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
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