11-letter words containing e, t, h, o
- aroint thee — away! begone!
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- arthrodesis — the fusion of bones in a joint through surgery which causes immobility of the joint
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- at the most — You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.
- atelophobia — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
- atheophobia — Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.
- atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic heat — the product of an element's atomic weight and its specific heat (capacity)
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- ballet shoe — a flexible, lightweight shoe designed for ballet dancing; typically made of leather or silk, and often fastened with ribbons
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- be death on — to deal with in a devastating manner
- beach towel — a large towel used on the beach
- beanshooter — peashooter
- beat hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- betrothment — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- bioethicist — a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat