18-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- talk of the devil! — used when an absent person who has been the subject of conversation appears
- tan someone's hide — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
- teaching assistant — a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. Abbreviation: TA.
- teaching equipment — teaching aids
- technical knockout — the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
- technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
- technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
- that's the ticket! — that's the correct or proper thing! that's right!
- the american dream — the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual
- the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
- the beautiful game — football
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
- the cat's whiskers — a person or thing that is excellent or superior
- the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
- the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
- the dark continent — a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored
- the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
- the electric chair — an electrified chair for executing criminals
- the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
- the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
- the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
- the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
- the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
- the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
- the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the major rogation — April 25, observed by Christians as a day of solemn supplication for the harvest and marked by processions, special prayers, and blessing of the crops
- the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
- the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
- the mountain state — a nickname referring to West Virginia
- the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
- the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
- the practicalities — the real facts or details of a situation, as opposed to its theoretical aspects
- the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- the sunshine state — the nickname of the US state of Florida, which comes from its sunny climate
- the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
- the-dark-continent — Africa: so called, especially during the 19th century, because little was known about it.
- the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- theodore gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thioantimonic acid — a hypothetical acid, H3SbS4, known only in the form of its salts
- thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
- thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3