13-letter words containing h, o, a, r, u
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- tax authority — the official body that administers and collects a country's taxes
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
- there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- ultramarathon — any footrace of 50 or more miles.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- xanthochroous — light-skinned and fair-haired
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.