13-letter words containing t, e, r, h, u
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truthlessness — the quality or character of being truthless
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- turn the tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- under hatches — below decks
- under the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- under the lee — towards the lee
- under the sod — dead and buried
- under the sun — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- understrength — having insufficient organizational strength; lacking in personnel: an understrength army.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unhurtfulness — the state of being unhurtful
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unthriftiness — the quality or condition of being unthrifty
- unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- up shit creek — excrement; feces.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- uttar pradesh — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- weather gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- white currant — a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- youth culture — the activities and behaviour associated with young people