14-letter words containing h, a, i, r, t
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
- the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
- the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
- the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- the three magi — the wise men from the East who came to do homage to the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:1–12) and traditionally called Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar
- the very idea! — that is preposterous, unreasonable, etc
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermal imager — a piece of equipment used to detect or provide images of people or things
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- till all hours — until very late
- tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.