13-letter words containing t, h, e, i
- return flight — a flight going back
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rhodochrosite — a mineral, manganese carbonate, MnCO 3 , commonly containing some iron and calcium, and usually rose-red in color: a minor ore of manganese; manganese spar.
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- right bracket — (character) "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
- right fielder — the player whose position is right field.
- right section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane perpendicular to its longest axis.
- right to life — When people talk about an unborn baby's right to life, they mean that a baby has the right to be born, even if it has a severe disability or if its mother does not want it.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- right-brained — having the right brain dominant, therefore being more adept at spatial and nonverbal concepts and being more creative and emotional than logical and analytical.
- right-to-life — pertaining to or advocating laws making abortion, especially abortion-on-demand, illegal; antiabortion: right-to-life advocates.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- ring the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schizogenetic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
- schreibersite — a mineral, iron-nickel phosphide, (Fe, Ni) 3 P, found only in meteorites.
- scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- screen rights — the rights to make a film version of a book
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- section eight — a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
- see the light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semi-detached — partly detached.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.