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13-letter words containing s, h, i, l

  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
  • scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
  • scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
  • school choice — an educational policy based on vouchers or scholarships, allowing students their choice of private or public school.
  • school dinner — meal served at educational institution
  • 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.
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
  • school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
  • schoolgirlish — like or characteristic of a schoolgirl
  • schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
  • schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
  • scissors hold — a wrestling hold in which one contestant clasps the other with the legs
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • scottish fold — a breed of medium-sized short-haired cat with folded ears
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • see the light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
  • self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
  • seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
  • senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
  • sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
  • serial rights — the rights to reprint or publish a serial or as a serial
  • 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
  • shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
  • shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shield bearer — an attendant who carries the shield or arms of a warrior.
  • shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
  • shill bidding — (on an online auction) the illegal practice of a seller or a seller’s acquaintances placing bids on his or her goods in order to drive up the price
  • shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
  • shilly-shally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • shirt-sleeves — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
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