12-letter words containing m, i, h, r
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- 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.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermometric — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- thermostatic — 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.
- thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
- 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.
- thirty-twomo — a book size of about 3¼ × 5½ inches (8.3 × 14 cm), determined by printing on sheets that are folded to form 32 leaves or 64 pages. Symbol: 32mo, 32°.
- thrombocytic — platelet.
- thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- tiger mother — a strict mother, especially an East Asian, who demands academic excellence and obedience from her children.
- timber hitch — a knot used for tying a rope round a spar, log, etc, for haulage
- timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
- timber-hitch — to fasten by means of a timber hitch.
- time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- trimethylene — cyclopropane.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- 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.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.