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13-letter words containing t, h, a, l, m

  • palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
  • parental home — a school for problem children.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenylmethane — toluene.
  • photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • team handball — a game, similar to soccer, played between two teams of seven players who catch, dribble, throw, or hit the ball with the hands.
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • thalamifloral — relating to the Thalamiflorae
  • thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
  • the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
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