13-letter words containing t, e, l, h
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- might as well — have no reason not to
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- mirthlessness — The state or condition of being mirthless.
- missel thrush — mistle thrush.
- mistle thrush — a large, European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, that feeds on the berries of the mistletoe.
- mittelschmerz — dull abdominal pain occurring at the time of ovulation, attributed to the presence of free blood in the peritoneal cavity from the ruptured ovarian follicle.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- monotelephone — a telephone that communicates a specific frequency of sound
- monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
- monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- mother liquor — the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
- mother of all — a female parent.
- mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- motor vehicle — an automobile, truck, bus, or similar motor-driven conveyance.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multiple shop — chain store.
- multitheistic — Of or relating to multitheism.
- multithreaded — multithreading
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- nemathelminth — any worm of the phylum Nemathelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), including the nematodes and hairworms, having an elongated, unsegmented, cylindrical body.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- netherlandian — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- nethertheless — (obsolete) Nevertheless.
- neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- non-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nondetachable — Not capable of being detached.
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- norethynodrel — a progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used in combination with an estrogen in some oral contraceptives.
- north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- north channel — a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northallerton — a market town in N England, administrative centre of North Yorkshire. Pop: 15 517 (2001)