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9-letter words containing t, h, e, s

  • teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
  • teachless — without teaching
  • tearsheet — a page in a newspaper or periodical that is cut or perforated so that it can be easily torn out
  • tee shirt — a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
  • tee-shirt — T-shirt
  • tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
  • telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  • telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
  • tent show — an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.
  • thaneship — thanage.
  • thankless — not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
  • the amish — the Amish people
  • the ashes — a cremated cricket stump in a pottery urn now preserved at Lord's. Victory or defeat in test matches between England and Australia is referred to as winning, losing, or retaining the Ashes
  • the backs — the grounds between the River Cam and certain Cambridge colleges
  • the bells — the ringing of bells, in a church or other public building, at midnight on December 31st, symbolizing the beginning of a new year
  • the blahs — a state of weariness, boredom, or general lack of interest in life
  • the blues — the Royal Horse Guards
  • the buffs — (formerly) the Third Regiment of Foot, esp the Royal East Kent Regiment
  • the butts — the target range in archery
  • the chase — the act or sport of hunting
  • the coast — in the U.S., the Pacific coast
  • the cross — the cross on which Jesus was put to death
  • the curse — menstruation or a menstrual period
  • the cutes — cute mannerisms, ploys, devices, etc. designed to charm or attract others
  • the docks — the area around a wharf or pier, used for the mooring, loading, unloading, and repair of ships
  • the gapes — a disease of young poultry and birds, characterized by gasping and choking and caused by gapeworms
  • the gents — men's room
  • the girls — a group of women, esp acquaintances
  • the glums — gloomy feelings
  • the goods — sth obtained
  • the hanse — a medieval league of free towns in N Germany and adjoining countries, formed to promote and protect their economic interests: the leading members were Bremen, Lübeck, and Hamburg
  • the heads — people in authority
  • the hills — a hilly and often remote region
  • the house — House of Commons
  • the irish — the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
  • the kiwis — the men's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the least — (as pronoun; functioning as sing)
  • the loose — the part of play when the forwards close round the ball in a ruck or loose scrum
  • the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
  • the mains — the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
  • the merse — a fertile lowland area of SE Scotland, in the Scottish Borders, north of the Tweed
  • the mopes — low spirits
  • the noose — death by hanging
  • the norse — the Norwegians
  • the pipes — the bagpipes
  • the polls — the place where people vote during an election
  • the press — the printed media
  • the races — a series of contests of speed between horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at prearranged times; a race meeting
  • the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
  • the roost — a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
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