13-letter words containing h, e, l, i, o
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- 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.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- 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.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- 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
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- 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
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- wheel of life — the symbol of the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white melilot — a Eurasian plant, Melilotus alba, of the legume family, naturalized in the U.S., having white flowers.
- white stilton — a rich white cheese made from whole milk, very strong in flavour
- white vitriol — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- with bells on — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- withlacoochee — a river in central Florida, flowingN and W to the Gulf of Mexico. 160 miles (257 km) long.
- woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
- xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- yellowishness — The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
- zinc chloride — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous solid, ZnCl 2 , used chiefly as a wood preservative, as a disinfectant and antiseptic, and in the manufacture of vulcanized fiber, parchment paper, and soldering fluxes.
- zone-leaching — A horizon.
- zymotechnical — relating to the technology of fermentation