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12-letter words containing h, e, t, a, i, r

  • straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • tactile hair — any highly sensitive hair of an animal, as the whiskers of a cat or hairs on a hedgehog's snout.
  • tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
  • take the air — to go out of doors, as for a short walk or ride
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • tetrahedrite — a steel-gray or blackish mineral with a brilliant metallic luster, essentially copper and antimony sulfide, (Cu, Fe, Zn, Ag,) 12 Sb 4 S 13 , an end member of a series of solid solutions into which arsenic enters to form tennantite: mined as an ore of copper and silver.
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the fair sex — women collectively
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
  • the military — the armed services (esp the army)
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the tertiary — the Tertiary period or rock system, divided into Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs or series
  • the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
  • theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
  • theorization — to form a theory or theories.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • thereinafter — afterward in that document.
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
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