13-letter words containing s, i, g, h, n
- shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- shocking pink — a vivid or intensely bright pink.
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shooting-down — fatal shooting
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- show signs of — indicate possibility of
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- siberian high — the prevailing high pressure system over Asia in winter.
- sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
- singing hinny — a type of currant cake popular in NE England which, when cooked on a griddle, makes a singing noise
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
- spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter