14-letter words containing h, a, t, i, e
- 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.
- thiacetic acid — thioacetic acid.
- thioantimonate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of thioantimonic acid
- thioantimonite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioantimonious acids
- 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.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- to have it out — If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
- to the maximum — If you say that someone does something to the maximum, you are emphasizing that they do it to the greatest degree possible.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- 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.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
- unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
- unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.