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13-letter words containing i, n, t, r, a, h

  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thurification — the act of incense-burning
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
  • transisthmian — across an isthmus (a narrow strip of body tissue)
  • transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
  • transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
  • trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
  • unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
  • unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
  • up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
  • vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
  • warning light — a light that indicates danger
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
  • weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
  • white arsenic — arsenous acid
  • white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
  • white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
  • wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine
  • winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
  • withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
  • within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • wordsworthianWilliam, 1770–1850, English poet: poet laureate 1843–50.
  • xanthochroism — a condition in certain animals, esp aquarium goldfish, in which all skin pigments other than yellow and orange disappear
  • xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
  • yachting trip — a pleasure trip on a yacht
  • yitzhak rabin — Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
  • zarathustrian — Zoroaster.
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