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

  • trial horse — an opponent who performs against a superior foe in a workout or exhibition.
  • trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
  • trichinotic — relating to trichinosis
  • trichlorfon — metrifonate.
  • trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
  • trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
  • trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
  • trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
  • trimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
  • triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • tristichous — arranged in three rows.
  • trithionate — a salt of trithionic acid
  • trochophore — a ciliate, free-swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers.
  • trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
  • trophoblast — the layer of extraembryonic ectoderm that chiefly nourishes the embryo or develops into fetal membranes with nutritive functions.
  • trophoplasm — the cytoplasm that is involved in the nutritive processes of a cell
  • trophozoite — a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
  • trophy room — a room in which a person or group keeps and displays trophies, as for bowling or golf.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • troposphere — the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
  • trothplight — engagement to be married; betrothal.
  • troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • trough roof — M roof.
  • trout-perch — any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins, esp., a species (Percopsis omiscomaycus) of Canada and the E U.S.
  • troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
  • truncheoned — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
  • truncheoner — someone who carries a truncheon
  • trust hotel — a licensed hotel or a bar owned by a publicly elected committee as trustees, the profits of which go to public amenities
  • trustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
  • tschernosem — chernozem.
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
  • two-wheeler — a vehicle, especially a bicycle, having two wheels: The boy changed his tricycle for a two-wheeler.
  • tycho brahe — Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
  • typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
  • typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
  • typographic — of or relating to typography.
  • tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
  • tyrothricin — an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses
  • ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
  • ultrasmooth — extremely smooth
  • unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • underclothe — to supply with underclothes
  • undergrowth — low-lying vegetation or small trees growing beneath larger trees; underbrush.
  • underhonest — not fully honest
  • undershorts — short underpants for men and boys.
  • unit holder — an investor in a unit trust fund
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