13-letter words containing s, h, i, n, p, a
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- giant pigfish — a wrass, Achoerodus gouldii, that occurs around the Great Barrier Reef
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy
- indian physic — American ipecac.
- inhospitality — lack of hospitality; inhospitable attitude toward or treatment of visitors, guests, etc.
- irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
- japanese chin — one of a Japanese breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, black and white or red and white coat and a tail carried over the back.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- librarianship — a profession concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers and others with these resources.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.