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

  • reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • rough draft — writing: unfinished version
  • rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
  • route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
  • soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • south miami — a town in S Florida.
  • south sudan — a landlocked republic in NE Africa, in the Sahel region; formerly part of Sudan: became independent after a referendum in 2011, following a long civil war. Languages: English, Arabic. Religions: Christian, animist. Currency: South Sudanese Pound. Capital: Juba. Pop: 11 090 104 (2013 est). Area: 644 329 sq km (248 777 sq miles)
  • south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
  • southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
  • southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
  • steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • 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.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • 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 vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • thohoyandou — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
  • thoughtcast — a mode of thought
  • through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
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