12-letter words containing h, e, m, t
- trimethylene — cyclopropane.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- ultima thule — (italics) Latin. the highest degree attainable.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unmethodized — not organized systematically, according to a method
- unmethylated — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
- water hammer — the concussion and accompanying noise that result when a volume of water moving in a pipe suddenly stops or loses momentum.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
- well-matched — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- well-thumbed — A book or magazine that is well-thumbed is creased and marked because it has been read so often.
- west memphis — a city in E Arkansas, on the Mississippi.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
- white matter — nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, which primarily contains myelinated fibers and is nearly white in color. Compare gray matter (def 1).
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- wide-mouthed — having a wide mouth
- wisdom teeth — the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- withholdment — the act of withholding
- within-named — that is named herein.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.
- zymotechnics — the art of managing the fermentation process