12-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r, i
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thortveitite — a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- throw weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
- throw-weight — the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
- tiger mother — a strict mother, especially an East Asian, who demands academic excellence and obedience from her children.
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- 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.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- 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.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.