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13-letter words containing e, y, h, o

  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
  • sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
  • take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the other day — several days ago
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
  • thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
  • 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.
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
  • vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
  • west by north — a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. Abbreviation: WbN.
  • west by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS.
  • what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
  • woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
  • yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
  • yellowthroats — Plural form of yellowthroat.
  • yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers
  • youth culture — the activities and behaviour associated with young people
  • zygapophyseal — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
  • zymotechnical — relating to the technology of fermentation
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