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11-letter words containing a, t, h, e, o

  • southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
  • spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • stadtholder — stadholder.
  • stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
  • state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
  • state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
  • statehooder — a person who supports or advocates the attainment of statehood for a territory, colony, or the like, especially for Puerto Rico.
  • steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
  • steatorrhea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
  • stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
  • stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
  • stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
  • tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • tetrahedron — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  • thalidomide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 13 H 10 N 2 O 4 , formerly used as a sedative: if taken during pregnancy, it may cause severe abnormalities in the limbs of the fetus.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the creator — an epithet of God
  • the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the godhead — God
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
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