11-letter words containing t, e, n, r, h
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rather than — in preference to
- re-enthrone — to enthrone (a king, queen, etc) again
- re-entrench — to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- redhibition — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
- redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- refreshment — something that refreshes, especially food or drink.
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- resynthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
- rh negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
- rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
- right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
- rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- screen shot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- screenshort — a screenshot that is shared on a social media website.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smithereens — If something is smashed or blown to smithereens, it breaks into very small pieces.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.