10-letter words containing h, i, n, t, e, r
- the virgin — the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- thenardite — a mineral, sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 , occurring in white crystals and masses, especially in salt lakes and arid regions.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- thirteenth — next after the twelfth; being the ordinal number for 13.
- thirty-one — a cardinal number, 30 plus 1.
- thorianite — a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and other rare-earth metals, occurring in small, black, cubic crystals: notable for its radioactivity and used as a minor source of thorium.
- thrippence — threepence.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
- tire chain — a device made of chains, attached around a tire's tread on a motor vehicle to increase traction, as on snow
- tithe barn — a large barn where, formerly, the agricultural tithe of a parish was stored
- trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- trephining — 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.
- trichinize — to infect with trichinae.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trichogyne — a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- truthiness — the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.
- tyrrhenian — of or relating to an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily
- uintathere — any hoofed North American mammal of the extinct genus Dinoceras, of the Eocene Epoch, having a massive body and three pairs of horns.
- unberthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- unchristen — unchristian
- underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
- undershirt — a collarless, usually pullover undergarment for the torso, usually of cotton and either sleeveless and low-cut or with sleeves, worn chiefly by men and children.
- undersight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- unitholder — a person who owns a unit of something
- unwithered — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wanthriven — poorly developed or undersized
- water-inch — the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
- weathering — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- whereuntil — until which
- whethering — (obsolete) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- winterthur — a city in Zurich canton, in N Switzerland, NE of Zurich.
- worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- wrathiness — the state of being very angry
- wristphone — A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.