13-letter words containing s, h, o, g
- chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- do-nothingism — the policy or practice of opposing a specific measure or change simply by refusing to consider or act on proposals; deliberate obstructionism.
- downrightness — The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner.
- dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- fashionmonger — (derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.