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10-letter words containing r, u, t, h

  • thereunder — under or beneath that.
  • thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
  • thoroughly — in a thorough manner or degree; completely and carefully: We will review the data thoroughly.
  • thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
  • three-four — designating or of a musical rhythm with three quarter notes to a measure
  • thresh out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
  • throughout — in or to every part of; everywhere in: They searched throughout the house.
  • throughput — the quantity or amount of raw material processed within a given time, especially the work done by an electronic computer in a given period of time.
  • throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
  • thrum-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma on a short style below the anthers, which lie in the mouth of the corolla on big stamens
  • thruppence — threepence.
  • thrustings — the white whey that is hand-pressed out of the curd and from which butter is often made
  • thumbprint — a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
  • thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
  • thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
  • thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
  • thuner see — German name of Lake of Thun.
  • thuringian — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
  • thysanuran — Also, thysanurous. belonging or pertaining to the order Thysanura, comprising the bristletails.
  • toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
  • toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
  • transhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
  • trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
  • tree house — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
  • trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
  • trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
  • tripehound — an objectionable person
  • triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • triumphery — a triumvir
  • troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
  • true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
  • true rhyme — full rhyme.
  • trumscheit — trumpet marine.
  • trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
  • truss hoop — a hoop placed around the staves of a barrel to secure them in place.
  • truth drug — a drug, as the barbiturate thiopental, that induces in the subject a desire to talk or a state of heightened suggestibility, used in psychotherapy and in interrogation to discover repressed or consciously withheld information.
  • truthfully — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
  • truthiness — the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.
  • tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
  • tule perch — See under perch2 (def 3).
  • turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
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