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13-letter words containing t, e, n, r, h, o

  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • 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)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
  • staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the far north — the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world
  • the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
  • the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
  • the noble art — boxing
  • the northeast — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • the northwest — any area lying in or towards this direction
  • 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 secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thermoelement — a device made up of a heating mechanism and a thermocouple and used to measure small currents
  • thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
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