13-letter words containing s, n, i, f, h
- shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- show signs of — indicate possibility of
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- 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.
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
- unthriftiness — the quality or condition of being unthrifty
- well-finished — ended or completed.
- 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.