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13-letter words containing s, h, o, t, i, e

  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
  • ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
  • 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.
  • schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
  • schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
  • scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
  • scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • 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.
  • sex chromatin — Barr body.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • sheep station — a large sheep farm
  • sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
  • ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
  • ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
  • ship-to-shore — operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
  • smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • south ossetia — a region in N Georgia, on the S side of the Caucasus Range. 1506 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km).
  • south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
  • 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.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
  • spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
  • station house — a police station or fire station.
  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
  • sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
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