13-letter words containing r, h, i, n
- transisthmian — across an isthmus (a narrow strip of body tissue)
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- transthoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- trichothecene — any of a group of toxins derived from various imperfect fungi, as of the genera Fusarium and Trichothecium.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turn the tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undishonoured — not dishonoured; not disgraced or disrespected
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
- unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
- unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unthriftiness — the quality or condition of being unthrifty
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- ursine howler — the red howling monkey, Alouatta seniculus, of northern South America.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- vasa murrhina — an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- verkhneudinsk — former name of Ulan Ude.
- vice-chairman — a member of a committee, board, group, etc., designated as immediately subordinate to a chairman and serving as such in the latter's absence; a person who acts for and assists a chairman.
- vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
- virtual human — a computer-generated moving image of a human being, used esp in films as an extra in large crowd scenes
- voting rights — the entitlement of an individual to vote
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.