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13-letter words containing t, h, e, o, u

  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • 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.
  • terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • that's enough — You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way.
  • the big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
  • the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the southeast — the southeastern part of Britain, esp the London area
  • the southwest — the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
  • theodosius ii — a.d. 401–450, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 408–450.
  • there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thesaurus.com — a popular free online dictionary of synonyms and antonyms: Thesaurus.com.
  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
  • through stone — perpend1 .
  • through-other — confused.
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • tight-mouthed — tight-lipped.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
  • to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
  • to the ground — completely; absolutely
  • to the utmost — If you say that something is done to the utmost, you are emphasizing that it is done to the greatest extent, amount, or degree possible.
  • toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
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