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13-letter words containing h, i, e, d

  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
  • the east side — the east side of Manhattan Island in New York City
  • the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
  • the good life — If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
  • the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the multitude — the common people
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • theodosius ii — a.d. 401–450, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 408–450.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • thioacetamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 2 H 5 NS, used chiefly in analytical chemistry as a source of hydrogen sulfide.
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
  • ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
  • tight-mouthed — tight-lipped.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
  • trisaccharide — a carbohydrate composed of three monosaccharide units, and hydrolyzable to a monosaccharide or a mixture of monosaccharides.
  • turn the tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
  • typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
  • tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
  • underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
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