12-letter words containing h, e, t, r, o, u
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- synantherous — with united anthers
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- 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.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- therethrough — (of a place) through it; through them
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-colour — of, relating to, or comprising a colour print or a photomechanical process in which a picture is reproduced by superimposing three prints from half-tone plates in inks corresponding to the three primary colours
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- 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.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- 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.
- 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.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.