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12-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h

  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the scottish — the Scots collectively
  • the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
  • thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
  • thermometric — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
  • thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • three-colour — of, relating to, or comprising a colour print or a photomechanical process in which a picture is reproduced by superimposing three prints from half-tone plates in inks corresponding to the three primary colours
  • thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • thymectomize — to surgically remove the thymus; to perform a thymectomy
  • ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
  • tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
  • tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
  • touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
  • touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
  • touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
  • touch-tackle — touch football.
  • touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
  • tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
  • tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
  • tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • trichopteron — trichopteran.
  • trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
  • trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
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