13-letter words containing s, e, a, h, n
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- scalenohedral — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scalenohedron — a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- search engine — a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
- seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
- selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- set at naught — to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shakespearean — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shamefastness — the state or quality of being modest, shy, or bashful
- shamelessness — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shearing gang — a group of itinerant workers who contract to shear, class, and bale a farmer's wool clip
- shearing shed — a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sheepshearing — an act or instance of shearing sheep.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shetland wool — the fine wool undercoat pulled by hand from Shetland sheep.
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.