13-letter words containing a, t, h, l, e
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
- 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.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- trailer trash — poor white person
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- treble chance — a method of betting in football pools in which the chances of winning are related to the number of draws and the number of home and away wins forecast by the competitor
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
- un-attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- unestablished — not established.
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- uninhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- walk the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides