13-letter words containing a, s, h, t
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermostatted — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
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- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- this and that — If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thomas hobbes — Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
- thomas hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- thomas tallys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- to fall short — If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- to lose heart — If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- trailer trash — poor white person
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.