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

  • lightning rod — a rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
  • lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
  • lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
  • loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
  • logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
  • microlighting — the sport or act of flying in microlights
  • milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
  • monarchically — In a monarchic or monarchical fashion.
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
  • necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
  • neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
  • normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
  • north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
  • northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
  • nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
  • orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • richmond hill — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, N of Toronto.
  • riding school — a place where equitation is taught.
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