13-letter words containing s, e, t, h
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thin register — head register.
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thomas hobbes — Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.
- thomas hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- three sisters — a play (1901) by Anton Chekhov.
- three unities — the state of being one; oneness.
- three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- thrill-seeker — a person who enjoys taking part in extreme sports and other activities involving physical risk
- thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- through stone — perpend1 .
- throw someone — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- 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.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
- to lose heart — If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like.
- to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- to the utmost — If you say that something is done to the utmost, you are emphasizing that it is done to the greatest extent, amount, or degree possible.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).