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13-letter words containing t, e, l, p, a, h

  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • 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 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 spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • 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.
  • triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
  • triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
  • white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
  • with pleasure — gladly, willingly
  • wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
  • xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
  • xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
  • zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4
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