13-letter words containing t, h, a, n, i, s
- 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
- single father — a father 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
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south nahanni — a river in the SW Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing SE from near the Yukon border to the Liard River. 336 miles (540 km) long.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spanish topaz — citrine (def 2).
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steinheim man — a human of the middle Pleistocene Epoch known from a skull found in Germany and considered to be archaic Homo sapiens.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straighten up — stand straighter
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
- swimming bath — swimming pool.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- synthesis gas — any of several gaseous mixtures consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of chemical compounds, as ammonia and alcohols.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.