13-letter words containing s, h, e, a
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commonwealths — Plural form of commonwealth.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- contact sheet — a contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- context clash — (grammar) When a parser cannot tell which alternative production of a syntax applies by looking at the next input token ("lexeme"). For example, given syntax C -> A | b c A -> d | b e If you're parsing non-terminal C and the next token is 'b', you don't know whether it's the first or second alternative of C since they both can start with b. If a grammar can generate the same sentence in multiple different ways (with different parse tress) then it is ambiguous. An ambiguity must start with a context clash (but not all context clashes imply ambiguity). To see if a context clash is also a case of ambiguity you would need to follow the alternatives involved in each context clash to see if they can generate the same complete sequence of tokens.
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- crash barrier — A crash barrier is a strong low fence built along the side of a road or between the two halves of a motorway in order to prevent accidents.
- cross the bar — to die
- cross-channel — Cross-Channel travel is travel across the English Channel, especially by boat.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- crush barrier — a barrier erected to separate sections of large crowds in order to prevent crushing
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- culture clash — a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
- death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
- deathlessness — The state of being deathless; eternity.
- debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
- decahistidine — An oligopeptide consisting of ten histidine moieties.
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- dexamethasone — a type of powerful steroid, used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dilettanteish — Alternative form of dilettantish.
- disaccharides — Plural form of disaccharide.
- dischargeable — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.