13-letter words containing s, d, e, a, t, h
- dispatch case — attaché case.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- draw the shot — to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
- dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
- dutch disease — the deindustrialization of an economy as a result of the discovery of a natural resource, as that which occurred in Holland with the exploitation of North Sea gas, which raised the value of the Dutch currency, making its exports uncompetitive and causing its industry to decline
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
- fatheadedness — The quality of being fatheaded.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- fifth disease — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- half-deserted — (of a place) not having many inhabitants, visitors, etc
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- 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.
- in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.