13-letter words containing s, h, e, r, m
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart massage — rhythmic manual compression of the sternum or heart to restore normal heartbeat, as after cardiac arrest.
- 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.).
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermit thrush — a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hetero-sexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- home row keys — home keys
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeomorphous — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypermegasoma — gigantism.
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.