13-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o, l
- river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
- rolling hitch — a hitch on a spar or the like, composed of two round turns and a half hitch so disposed as to jam when a stress is applied parallel to the object on which the hitch is made.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- school dinner — meal served at educational institution
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
- zinc chloride — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous solid, ZnCl 2 , used chiefly as a wood preservative, as a disinfectant and antiseptic, and in the manufacture of vulcanized fiber, parchment paper, and soldering fluxes.