13-letter words that end in h
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- magnetosheath — the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- make a splash — If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
- make off with — take away
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- mental health — psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life.
- middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- mikhailovitch — Draja [drah-zhah] /ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, Yugoslav military leader.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- mirror finish — a smooth highly polished surface produced on metal by mechanical or electrolytic polishing or lapping
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.
- mistle thrush — a large, European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, that feeds on the berries of the mistletoe.
- mix and match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
- mix-and-match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
- modern french — the French language since c1600.
- monkey wrench — spanner
- monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mother church — a church from which other churches have had their origin or derived their authority.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- nemathelminth — any worm of the phylum Nemathelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), including the nematodes and hairworms, having an elongated, unsegmented, cylindrical body.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- ninety-eighth — next after the ninety-seventh; being the ordinal number for 98.
- ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
- nodical month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
- nothing loath — willing
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- packet switch — packet switching
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- parish church — local place of worship
- peppered moth — a European geometrid moth, Biston betularia, occurring in a pale grey speckled form in rural areas and a black form in industrial regions