11-letter words containing h, i, t, r
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- thersitical — scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
- third floor — the storey of a building immediately above the second and three floors up from the ground
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- third grade — (in the US) the third year of school, when children are eight or nine years old
- third house — a legislative lobby.
- third order — a branch of a religious order whose members are lay people following the avocations of a secular life.
- third party — any party to an incident, case, quarrel, etc., who is incidentally involved.
- third reich — Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45.
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- third wheel — odd person out among three people
- third world — the underdeveloped nations of the world, especially those with widespread poverty.
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.
- thirdstream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thirty-five — a cardinal number, 30 plus 5.
- thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
- thirty-nine — a cardinal number, 30 plus 9.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- thixotropic — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
- thread vein — a small red or purple capillary near to the surface of the skin
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- three-birds — nodding pogonia.
- three-piece — Clothing. consisting of three matching or harmonious pieces, as an ensemble of coat, skirt, and blouse for a woman or a suit of a jacket, vest, and pair of trousers for a man.
- three-sided — having three sides
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- thriftiness — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- thrillingly — producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
- thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- thwartingly — in a thwarting manner; obstructingly
- thyroiditis — inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- thyrotropin — an anterior pituitary hormone that regulates the activity of the thyroid gland.
- tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
- tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
- tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
- tigrishness — the quality or state of being tigrish
- tilt hammer — a drop hammer used in forging, consisting of a heavy head at one end of a pivoted lever.
- timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
- tirthankara — one of 24 persons who have attained personal immortality through enlightenment.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.