13-letter words containing s, e, h, u
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- in silhouette — If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inhomogeneous — lack of homogeneity.
- isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- issuing house — a financial institution that engages in finding capital for established companies or for private firms wishing to convert to public companies, by issuing shares on their behalf
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- just the same — identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
- kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
- massachusetts — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 8257 sq. mi. (21,385 sq. km). Capital: Boston. Abbreviation: MA (for use with zip code), Mass.
- meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.
- mistle thrush — a large, European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, that feeds on the berries of the mistletoe.
- monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.