18-letter words containing t, e, n, h
- the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
- the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
- the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
- the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
- the kinetic theory — a theory of gases postulating that they consist of particles of negligible size moving at random and undergoing elastic collisions
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the major rogation — April 25, observed by Christians as a day of solemn supplication for the harvest and marked by processions, special prayers, and blessing of the crops
- the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
- the mountain state — a nickname referring to West Virginia
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- the nether regions — the genitals
- the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
- the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
- the northern karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa, north of the Central Karoo
- the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
- the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
- the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- the sunshine state — the nickname of the US state of Florida, which comes from its sunny climate
- the three wise men — the wise men from the east who came to do homage to the infant Jesus
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- the-dark-continent — Africa: so called, especially during the 19th century, because little was known about it.
- there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
- there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
- think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
- third man argument — (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the argument against the existence of Platonic Forms that since the Form of Man is itself a perfect man, a further form (the "third" man) would be required to explain this, and so ad infinitum
- thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
- thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
- thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
- thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
- threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
- three-cornered hat — a triangular shaped hat which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries; its turned up brim formed a gutter for catching rain
- three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
- throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- throw oneself into — 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.
- tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
- to be on the rocks — if something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon
- to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry