13-letter words that end in h
- hawaiian high — a semipermanent, atmospheric, high-pressure system of the Pacific Ocean, centered, in the mean, about 1000 miles (1600 km) northeast of Hawaii: one of the subtropical highs.
- hell on earth — torment, horrendous experience
- help off with — If you help someone off with an item of clothing, you help them take it off.
- here's to sth — You use expressions such as 'here's to us' and 'here's to your new job' before drinking a toast in order to wish someone success or happiness.
- hermit thrush — a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- hound's tooth — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- imperial moth — a yellow moth, Eacles imperialis, having a diagonal band of pinkish brown or purple: the hairy larvae feed on the leaves of hickory, oak, etc.
- in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- intertriglyph — metope.
- irish english — the English language as spoken in Ireland; Hiberno-English.
- isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- italian sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord, characterized by having a major third and an augmented sixth above the root
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
- kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
- kwame nkrumah — Kwame [kwah-mee] /ˈkwɑ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lake balkhash — a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- let loose sth — If someone lets loose a sound or remark, they make it, often suddenly.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- lucifer match — friction match.