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 mary — Mary ("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.