13-letter words containing h, i, t, r, a
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
- trailer trash — poor white person
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
- transisthmian — across an isthmus (a narrow strip of body tissue)
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- trichromatism — the quality or condition of being trichromatic.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- 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.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- ultrarightist — ultraright.
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- warning light — a light that indicates danger
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain