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13-letter words containing s, i, l, h

  • tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
  • timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
  • to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • trailer trash — poor white person
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • ultraphysical — extremely physical
  • ultrarightist — ultraright.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
  • unestablished — not established.
  • unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
  • unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
  • unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
  • unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
  • unsightliness — distasteful or unpleasant to look at: an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder.
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
  • vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
  • visceral arch — Embryology. branchial arch.
  • visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wassily chair — a chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925, having a chromium-plated tubular steel frame over which strips of canvas or leather of varying widths are stretched to form the seat, back, and arms.
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
  • web publisher — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • webbe shebeli — Webi Shebeli.
  • webbe-shibeli — a river in E Africa, flowing SE from central Ethiopia to the Juba River, in the Somali Republic. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
  • weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
  • well-finished — ended or completed.
  • well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
  • welsh terrier — one of a Welsh breed of terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat, resembling an Airedale but smaller.
  • welterweights — Plural form of welterweight.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • whigmaleeries — a whim; notion.
  • whimsicalness — Whimsicality.
  • whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
  • whistle dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
  • whistle-dixie — Also called Dixieland, Dixie Land. the southern states of the United States, especially those that were formerly part of the Confederacy.
  • whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • white settler — a well-off incomer to a district who takes advantage of what it has to offer without regard to the local inhabitants
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