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12-letter words containing t, e, r, h, a

  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
  • trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
  • travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
  • tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
  • triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
  • trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
  • trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
  • trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
  • true-hearted — faithful and loyal
  • tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
  • turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • turret lathe — a lathe fitted with a turret.
  • tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
  • unbreathable — not able to be breathed
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
  • unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
  • unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
  • unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
  • unthreatened — not threatened; free from threats or danger
  • variety show — vaudeville performance
  • varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
  • veneer patch — a patch made in one of the veneers of a sheet of plywood before layup.
  • vine harvest — the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
  • warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
  • wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
  • wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
  • watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
  • water hammer — the concussion and accompanying noise that result when a volume of water moving in a pipe suddenly stops or loses momentum.
  • water heater — a household appliance consisting of a gas or electric heating unit under a tank in which water is heated and stored.
  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
  • water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
  • water-harden — to quench (steel) in water.
  • waterishness — the state of being waterish
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