13-letter words containing s, e, t, h
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- steamer chair — deck chair.
- 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
- steinheim man — a human of the middle Pleistocene Epoch known from a skull found in Germany and considered to be archaic Homo sapiens.
- stem christie — a turn made by stemming one ski and then bringing the other parallel to it during the turn.
- stem the tide — prevent sth increasing
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
- steve's shell — (operating system) (ssh) A Unix shell with many csh- and ksh-like features, by Steve Baker <[email protected]> and Thomas Moore. Version 1.7 has been ported to Sequent, Sun, NeXT, Ultrix, BSDI and is available from comp.sources.unix volume 26.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stiletto heel — spike heel.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
- stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
- stony-hearted — hardhearted.
- stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
- stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- street hockey — road hockey.
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superstrength — great strength
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book