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13-letter words containing s, h, e, n, a, i

  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
  • franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • 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
  • hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
  • half-finished — ended or completed.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
  • harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
  • 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.
  • head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
  • head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
  • heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
  • helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
  • helminthiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms in the intestines.
  • hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
  • hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
  • hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
  • 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.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • hessian boots — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
  • hiatus hernia — an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
  • hiberno-saxon — having the characteristics of both the Irish and English; Anglo-Irish.
  • hide and seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
  • hide-and-seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
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