13-letter words containing r, o, t, h, l
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
- hydroxymethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical HO-CH2-.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- hypermorality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- hypermotility — excessive motility of the stomach or intestine (opposed to hypomotility).
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypervelocity — extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- imperial moth — a yellow moth, Eacles imperialis, having a diagonal band of pinkish brown or purple: the hairy larvae feed on the leaves of hickory, oak, etc.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- lightning rod — a rodlike conductor installed to divert lightning away from a structure by providing a direct path to the ground.
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
- live together — cohabit
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- lonely hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lord of hosts — Jehovah; God.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.