13-letter words containing s, h, i, t, n
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spanish topaz — citrine (def 2).
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steinheim man — a human of the middle Pleistocene Epoch known from a skull found in Germany and considered to be archaic Homo sapiens.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- strengthening — to make stronger; give strength to.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synchronicity — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronistic — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand