11-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- starchitect — a well-known and well-paid architect noted for his or her landmark buildings
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
- static head — Static head is the pressure resulting from a column of liquid acting under gravity.
- staunchless — not able to be stanched
- staunchness — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steam chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- steam-chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- straichtest — straightest
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.
- take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
- take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- technically — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
- technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- tented arch — a particular arch-like pattern in a fingerprint
- teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- tetradrachm — an ancient coin with a value of four drachmas