13-letter words containing s, e, p, h, a, r
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sheepshearing — an act or instance of shearing sheep.
- shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- ship's papers — the documents that are required by law to be carried by a ship for the purpose of ascertaining details of her ownership, nationality, destination, and cargo or to prove her neutrality
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shoe repairer — a person who mends shoes
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- spanish cedar — a tropical American tree, Cedrela odorata, of the mahogany family.
- spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- spatterdashes — long leather leggings worn in the 18th century, as to protect from mud when riding
- spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- spermatophore — a capsule surrounding a mass of spermatozoa, produced by the male of various animal species and transferred to the female.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- spermatorrhea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- squash player — a person who plays squash
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- star sapphire — a sapphire, cut cabochon, exhibiting asterism in the form of a colorless six-rayed star.
- steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.