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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.
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