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13-letter words containing s, h, e, n, y

  • phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
  • psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
  • psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
  • psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
  • psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • resynchronize — to synchronize again
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
  • seventeenthly — in the seventeenth place
  • seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
  • seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
  • seventy-ninth — next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
  • seventy-sixth — next after the seventy-fifth; being the ordinal number for 76.
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • seventy-three — a cardinal number, 70 plus 3.
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoeshine boy — a man or boy who cleans shoes
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • sixty-seventh — next after the sixty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 67.
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
  • spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
  • steady-handed — having steady hands; having self-control; calm.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
  • synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
  • the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
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