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

  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • pseudesthesia — phantom limb pain.
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
  • psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
  • pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • quelque chose — a trifle
  • quelque-chose — kickshaw.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
  • rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • rough passage — a stormy sea journey
  • rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
  • runner's high — a state of euphoria experienced during prolonged running or other forms of aerobic, sustained exercise, attributed to an increase of endorphins in the blood.
  • rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
  • scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • schizaeaceous — relating to a type of extinct fern
  • 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.
  • schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
  • schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • 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.
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • set at naught — to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
  • sexual health — health care and counselling related to sexual relations, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, etc
  • shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
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