11-letter words containing t, e, l, p, h
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
- thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
- the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
- the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
- thin-lipped — having mean-looking thin lips
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- total depth — Total depth is the downward length of a well, measured by the length of pipe which is needed to reach the bottom.
- touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
- toxophilite — a devotee of archery; archer.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- up the pole — slightly mad
- up the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- upholstress — a female upholsterer
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
- whip-tailed — having a long, slender tail like a whip.
- whippletree — whiffletree.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- whitechapel — a district in E London, England.