13-letter words containing t, e, r, h
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- seventy-three — a cardinal number, 70 plus 3.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shaft feather — one of the two fletchings on an arrow
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- ship-to-shore — operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.
- shirt-sleeves — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shore terrace — a terrace or bench produced by wave erosion and biochemical attack along the shore of an ocean or a large lake.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- short-sleeved — having short sleeves
- short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
- short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- 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.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- shut the door — put up a barrier
- shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
- sight reading — the act or skill of performing unfamiliar written music, or of translating something written in a foreign language, readily on sight, without previous study
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
- singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
- sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.