13-letter words containing t, h, e, r, o
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pyretotherapy — therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever.
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- red-hot poker — tritoma.
- reel of three — (in Scottish country dancing) a figure-of-eight movement danced by three people
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
- reorchestrate — to orchestrate (a piece of music) again
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- retail anchor — A retail anchor is a popular store whose name will attract customers to a shopping mall.
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rheoreceptors — a receptor of fishes and aquatic amphibians stimulated by water currents.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- 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.
- rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
- ride the rods — to steal a ride on a freight train
- 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-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.
- robber trench — a trench that originally contained the foundations of a wall, the stones of which have been taken away
- rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
- rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
- rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- school report — written assessment of school pupil
- schoolteacher — a teacher in a school, especially in one below the college level.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scotch-hearth — ore hearth.
- scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.