11-letter words containing t, h, e, o, u
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- home equity — the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality: the equity of Solomon. Synonyms: disinterest, equitableness, impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justness, evenhandedness, objectivity; justice, probity. Antonyms: bias, discrimination, inequity, injustice, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unreasonableness; injustice.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- house guest — a person staying with a household as a guest for one night or longer.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- house style — a set of rules concerning spellings, typography, etc, observed by editorial and printing staff in a particular publishing or printing company
- house white — a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- houseguests — Plural form of houseguest.
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
- housemother — a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humectation — A moistening.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- let through — to allow to pass (through)
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.