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11-letter words containing s, o, r, e, t, h

  • stethometer — an instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest and abdomen during respiration.
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • stock horse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • storm house — a storm cellar.
  • stretch out — lie down, sprawl
  • strike home — to deliver an effective blow
  • stroke hole — (in a handicap match) a hole at which players with a handicap deduct a stroke from the number taken to play the hole.
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • the borders — the area either side of the border between England and Scotland
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the horrors — a fit of extreme nervousness, panic, depression, revulsion, etc.
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • there is no — If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • third house — a legislative lobby.
  • thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
  • thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
  • three hours — a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
  • thuriferous — producing frankincense
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
  • touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
  • travel shot — a camera shot taken from a mobile platform, dolly, or the like, that keeps within range of a moving subject.
  • treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • trial horse — an opponent who performs against a superior foe in a workout or exhibition.
  • troposphere — the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
  • troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
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