12-letter words containing o, a, t, h
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced 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
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- 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.
- telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
- thanks a lot — thank you
- that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
- 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 creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
- the go-ahead — permission to proceed
- the hot seat — If you are in the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions.
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- the old dart — England
- the old days — the past
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theatre-goer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theatrophone — a late 19th century service that allowed subscribers to listen to concerts or plays through the telephone
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- 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