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12-letter words containing h, u, t, e

  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • super-smooth — dead-smooth.
  • superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
  • synantherous — with united anthers
  • take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • te rauparaha — ?1768–1849, Māori warrior chief, head of the Ngāti Toa tribe and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi; noted for his cunning and his prowess in battle, he is also credited with composing "Ka Mate", the All Blacks' usual pre-match haka
  • team up with — join forces with
  • tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • téléphérique — a cableway
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the creature — whiskey or other intoxicating liquor
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • the monument — a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • the pictures — a cinema or film show
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
  • theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • therethrough — (of a place) through it; through them
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
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