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12-letter words containing h, r, a, d

  • tetrahydrate — a hydrate that contains four molecules of water, as potassium sodium tartrate, KNaC 4 H 4 O 6 ·4H 2 O.
  • tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the demerara — a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
  • the departed — the dead person or dead persons
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the old dart — England
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • third-grader — a pupil in their third year of education, esp in the US and Canada
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • thomas hardy — Godfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
  • three-handed — involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.
  • three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
  • throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
  • throw mud at — to slander; vilify
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • true-hearted — faithful and loyal
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
  • under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
  • underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
  • unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
  • unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
  • unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
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