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11-letter words containing o, r, t, h

  • sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
  • tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
  • tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tchervonetz — chervonets.
  • tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • terry-cloth — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
  • tetrahedron — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the argonne — a wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
  • the creator — an epithet of God
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the horrors — a fit of extreme nervousness, panic, depression, revulsion, etc.
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
  • the moer in — furious; enraged
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the network — network, the
  • the nonpoor — people who are not poor
  • the prophet — among Muslims, Mohammed
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the trizone — the area of Germany from 1945-49, later to become West Germany, comprising three zones occupied by Britain, USA and France respectively
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • theatergoer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
  • theatregoer — a person who is at the theatre or who goes regularly to the theatre to see plays
  • thenceforth — from that time or place onward.
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