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12-letter words containing t, h, e, s, l

  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the elements — the first or basic principles; rudiments
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the old days — the past
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the sniffles — a cold in the head
  • the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
  • therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
  • thrash metal — a type of very fast, very loud rock music that combines elements of heavy metal and punk rock
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
  • tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
  • trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
  • underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
  • unhesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
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