13-letter words containing s, e, g, h
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- noise shaping — (communications) Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
- nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
- nonhomogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- 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.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- press charges — make formal accusation
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.