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13-letter words containing r, h, e, u

  • surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
  • surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
  • surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • tahrir square — a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak
  • 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.
  • terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • the hué river — a river in central Vietnam that crosses the port of Hué
  • the ryder cup — the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams representing Europe and the US
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the squitters — diarrhoea
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thesaurus.com — a popular free online dictionary of synonyms and antonyms: Thesaurus.com.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • three unities — the state of being one; oneness.
  • three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
  • three-quarter — consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.
  • through stone — perpend1 .
  • through-other — confused.
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • thunder sheet — a large sheet of metal that can be shaken to produce a noise resembling thunder as a sound effect for a theatrical production
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • 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.
  • to the ground — completely; absolutely
  • toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treasure hunt — a game in which each person or team attempts to be first in finding something that has been hidden, using written directions or clues.
  • treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • truthlessness — the quality or character of being truthless
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
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