13-letter words containing s, h, e, c, i, n
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- earth science — any of various sciences, as geography, geology, or meteorology, that deal with the earth, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- festschriften — Plural form of festschrift.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.