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12-letter words containing h, o, s, t, l

  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the old days — the past
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
  • thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • thomas talys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
  • to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
  • to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
  • to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
  • to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
  • to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
  • tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
  • trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
  • tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
  • troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
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