12-letter words containing d, e, h
- third-grader — a pupil in their third year of education, esp in the US and Canada
- this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-decker — any ship having three decks, tiers, etc.
- three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
- three-handed — involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.
- three-legged — having three legs: a three-legged stool.
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
- throttlehold — a stifling grip; stranglehold: The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- tight-lipped — speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
- to the death — to the very end (of a struggle, quarrel, etc.)
- toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- true-hearted — faithful and loyal
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- unchristened — not christened
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.