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11-letter words containing h, o, t, a

  • stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
  • stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • storm watch — watch (def 20).
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
  • tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
  • taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • tax holiday — a period of time during which the government reduces or suspends the collection of a tax, as payroll, property, or sales tax: The state legislature declared a hurricane preparedness tax holiday for items like flashlights and battery-powered radios.
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • tetrahedron — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  • thalidomide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 13 H 10 N 2 O 4 , formerly used as a sedative: if taken during pregnancy, it may cause severe abnormalities in the limbs of the fetus.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thanatology — the study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
  • thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the creator — an epithet of God
  • the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the godhead — God
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the nations — the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
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