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18-letter words containing h, e, m, i, t

  • to take the mickey — If you take the mickey out of someone or something, you make fun of them, usually in an unkind way.
  • toyotomi hideyoshi — Toyotomi [taw-yaw-taw-mee] /ˈtɔ yɔˈtɔ mi/ (Show IPA), 1536–98, Japanese general and statesman: prime minister and dictator of Japan 1585–98.
  • triarylmethane dye — any of the class of dyes containing three aryl groups attached to a central carbon atom: used chiefly for dyeing cotton, wool, and silk.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • vitamin a aldehyde — retinal2 .
  • watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
  • wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.
  • western hemisphere — the western part of the terrestrial globe, including North and South America, their islands, and the surrounding waters.
  • white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
  • white trumpet lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum, of Japan, having fragrant, pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers nearly 7 inches (18 cm) in length.
  • white-collar crime — any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.
  • white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
  • whittaker chambersRobert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
  • widemouth blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
  • witch hazel family — the plant family Hamamelidaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having alternate, simple leaves, flowers in clusters or heads, and fruit in the form of a double-beaked woody capsule, and including the sweet gum, witch alder, and witch hazel.
  • writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
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