13-letter words containing t, h, a, g, o
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- photographing — a picture produced by photography.
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phytopathogen — an organism that causes disease in plants
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shooting star — meteor (def 1b).
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- that's enough — You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way.
- the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
- the high road — the principal road from one place to another
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.