13-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- 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.
- hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- 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
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- 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.).
- helispherical — spiral
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- helminthiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms in the intestines.
- hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heresiologist — a person who studies or writes about heresies.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- horse trailer — lorry for transporting a horse
- hospitability — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital bill — the bills incurred for receiving hospital treatment