13-letter words containing s, h, o, t, g
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- no such thing — You can say there is no such thing as something to emphasize that it does not exist or is not possible.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- ornithologist — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
- photo-stating — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
- schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- section eight — a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.