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11-letter words containing t, h, e, o, r

  • the prophet — among Muslims, Mohammed
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the trizone — the area of Germany from 1945-49, later to become West Germany, comprising three zones occupied by Britain, USA and France respectively
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the wagoner — Auriga
  • theatergoer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
  • theatregoer — a person who is at the theatre or who goes regularly to the theatre to see plays
  • thenceforth — from that time or place onward.
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • theodore ii — pope a.d. 897.
  • theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • there is no — If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • theretofore — before or until that time.
  • theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermometer — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
  • thermometry — the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature.
  • thermomotor — a heat engine.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
  • thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
  • third house — a legislative lobby.
  • third order — a branch of a religious order whose members are lay people following the avocations of a secular life.
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
  • thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
  • thrash over — to go over (a problem, etc.) in great detail
  • thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
  • three hours — a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.
  • three-color — having or characterized by the use of three colors.
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • throne room — a chamber, usually containing a throne, used by a sovereign for audiences.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
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