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13-letter words containing e, p, i, h

  • the big apple — New York City
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the high jump — an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports
  • the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the spotlight — the focus of attention
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
  • three-pointer — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
  • to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
  • trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • 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.
  • triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
  • 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.
  • trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
  • unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • up shit creek — excrement; feces.
  • up the boohai — thoroughly lost
  • upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
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