13-letter words containing s, h, m, u
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south dum dum — a city in SE West Bengal state, in E India.
- south modesto — a town in central California.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- sphagnum moss — Botany
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- summer squash — any of several squashes of the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo, that mature in the late summer or early autumn and are used as a vegetable in an unripe state, before the rind and seeds become hard.
- superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
- suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
- surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
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- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- to the utmost — If you say that something is done to the utmost, you are emphasizing that it is done to the greatest extent, amount, or degree possible.
- transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
- tsutsugamushi — any of various rickettsial disease, including scrub typhus
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- undiminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- vasa murrhina — an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- whole numbers — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.