13-letter words containing h, a, t, i, e
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- trailer trash — poor white person
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
- unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- unestablished — not established.
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- uninhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- up the boohai — thoroughly lost
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- 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
- vote-catching — relating to a means of securing votes
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- where it's at — (used to indicate a point or place occupied in space); in, on, or near: to stand at the door; at the bottom of the barrel.
- white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.