13-letter words containing r, h, a, p
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the heptarchy — the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
- the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- throw a party — host a celebration
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trapezohedron — Crystallography. a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- unapprehended — to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame