13-letter words containing t, i, d, e, h
- handleability — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
- herd instinct — the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- heterodimeric — (chemistry) produced from two similar but different monomers.
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- high fidelity — sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydrargillite — gibbsite.
- hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.