13-letter words containing s, p, h
- suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symphysiotomy — a surgical procedure to facilitate labour
- synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- take the piss — mock
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
- the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- the-possessed — a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky.
- the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thigmotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- 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).