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13-letter words containing s, h, e, l, o, u

  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
  • melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
  • mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
  • multiple shop — chain store.
  • muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • non-scheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
  • nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • quelque chose — a trifle
  • quelque-chose — kickshaw.
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • 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.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • 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
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
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