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12-letter words containing h, a, i, r, t

  • time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
  • trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
  • trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
  • triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
  • triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
  • triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
  • trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
  • trophotactic — of or relating to trophotaxis
  • tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
  • turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • typhoid maryMary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
  • unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
  • unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
  • upright bass — double bass
  • urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
  • urolithiasis — a diseased condition marked by the formation of stones in the urinary tract.
  • variety show — vaudeville performance
  • varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
  • vine harvest — the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
  • vitamin-rich — (of a food or diet) containing a lot of vitamins or a lot of a particular vitamin
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
  • watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
  • wearing thin — If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
  • weather girl — A weather girl is a young woman who presents weather forecasts at regular times on television or radio.
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