13-letter words containing t, o, s, h, i, e
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
- scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- section eight — a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sheet erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- 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 of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
- 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.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- 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.
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sister school — a university or college which is financially, historically or socially linked to another
- smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- 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 ossetia — a region in N Georgia, on the S side of the Caucasus Range. 1506 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km).
- south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- 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.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.