13-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- 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.
- stiletto heel — spike heel.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
- swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
- teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- 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 fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the invisible — God
- the last word — final retort
- the levellers — a radical group on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War that advocated republicanism, freedom of worship, etc
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- thermal baths — warm water spa
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature