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13-letter words containing s, t, h, r, i, n

  • hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
  • hiatus hernia — an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
  • high-interest — (of a loan, mortgage, etc) to be repaid at a high rate of interest
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
  • historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
  • histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
  • honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
  • horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • horse stinger — a dragonfly.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • 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.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
  • hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
  • humanitarians — Plural form of humanitarian.
  • hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
  • hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
  • hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
  • hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
  • hypersthenite — a person who possesses an excess of muscle strength
  • hypertensives — Plural form of hypertensive.
  • hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
  • in the secret — among the people who know a secret
  • in the street — a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
  • iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
  • irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
  • joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
  • kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
  • labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
  • mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
  • mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
  • meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
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