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13-letter words containing s, e, t, h

  • joseph's coat — an ornamental species of pigweed (Amaranthus tricolor) having red, yellow, and green upper leaves
  • joseph's-coat — a cultivated form of Amaranthus tricolor, having headlike clusters of small flowers and blotched and colored leaves.
  • 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.
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
  • kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
  • kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
  • kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
  • kinanesthesia — A disturbance of deep nerve sensitivity.
  • kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
  • kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
  • kittenishness — The state or condition of being kittenish.
  • 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
  • leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
  • leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
  • let loose sth — If someone lets loose a sound or remark, they make it, often suddenly.
  • let sth slide — If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
  • letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
  • liechtenstein — a small principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland: economically linked with Switzerland. 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km). Capital: Vaduz.
  • light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • lightlessness — The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light.
  • lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
  • line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • lithesomeness — the quality of being flexible and supple
  • lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
  • loathsomeness — The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
  • lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
  • lonely hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
  • lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
  • lose sight of — no longer see
  • lose the plot — go insane
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
  • magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
  • magnetosheath — the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.
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