15-letter words containing t, e, r, h
- theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
- thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
- thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
- thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
- third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
- third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- thorium dioxide — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- threepennyworth — an amount having the value or price of threepence
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- thyroid hormone — A thyroid hormone is a hormone, especially thyroxine or triiodothyronine, produced by the thyroid gland.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
- to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
- to hit the roof — If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.