13-letter words containing s, h, i, t, r
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hysterotomies — Plural form of hysterotomy.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- in the secret — among the people who know a secret
- in the street — a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
- irish terrier — one of an Irish breed of terriers having a dense, wiry, reddish coat.
- ishihara test — a test for determining color blindness by means of a series of cards each having colored dots that form one pattern to the normal eye and a different pattern to the eye that is color-blind.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isodrosotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having an equal dew point.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- johore strait — a narrow strait between Malaya and Singapore Island
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
- joseph ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- maria theresa — 1717–80, archduchess of Austria; queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740–80 (wife of Francis II; mother of Joseph II, Leopold II, Marie Antoinette).
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- messerschmitt — any of several types of fighter aircraft extensively used by the German air force in World War II, especially the ME-109.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.