12-letter words containing h, e, r, t, o
- tiger mother — a strict mother, especially an East Asian, who demands academic excellence and obedience from her children.
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- togetherness — warm fellowship, as among members of a family.
- tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- 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.
- trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- underwrought — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unoverthrown — not overthrown
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.