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13-letter words containing s, h, a, r, e

  • unsmotherable — unquenchable
  • unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • uttar pradesh — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
  • vannevar bush — (person)   Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
  • visceral arch — Embryology. branchial arch.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
  • wash-and-wear — noting or pertaining to a garment that can be washed, that dries quickly, and that requires little or no ironing; drip-dry.
  • waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
  • wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
  • weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
  • weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
  • weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
  • weathercaster — an announcer on a radio or television station who delivers the weathercast.
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
  • weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
  • west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • western ghats — a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)
  • western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
  • where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
  • whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • white arsenic — arsenous acid
  • white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
  • white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
  • whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
  • winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
  • yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
  • yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.
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