13-letter words containing s, h, o, u, t
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- hound's tooth — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hunter's robe — pothos.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypertrophous — relating to hypertrophy
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.