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13-letter words containing e, a, r, t, h

  • 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 the marrow — deeply
  • tobacco heart — a functional disorder of the heart, characterized by a rapid and often irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • trailer trash — poor white person
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • trapezohedron — Crystallography. a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • treasure hunt — a game in which each person or team attempts to be first in finding something that has been hidden, using written directions or clues.
  • treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
  • 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
  • trench mortar — a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
  • triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
  • trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • 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.
  • trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
  • truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • under hatches — below decks
  • 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
  • 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.
  • untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
  • unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
  • up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • uttar pradesh — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
  • vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
  • varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
  • warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
  • wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
  • water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
  • wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
  • weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
  • weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
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