13-letter words containing s, e, t, h
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semi-detached — partly detached.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- 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
- serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
- 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
- set the scene — establish a certain setting
- seventeenthly — in the seventeenth place
- seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
- seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
- seventy-ninth — next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
- seventy-sixth — next after the seventy-fifth; being the ordinal number for 76.
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- seventy-three — a cardinal number, 70 plus 3.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- sexual health — health care and counselling related to sexual relations, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, etc
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shaft feather — one of the two fletchings on an arrow
- shamefastness — the state or quality of being modest, shy, or bashful
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- 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.
- shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.