13-letter words containing t, h, i, o
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- earth station — a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.
- echo question — a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- epitheliomata — Plural form of epithelioma.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- erythrophobia — Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- esthesiometer — an instrument for measuring the sensitivity of the sense of touch, esp. one for testing how far apart two points pressed against the skin have to be for the points to be felt as separate
- ethanoic acid — acetic acid
- ethanoylation — Acetylation.
- ethnobotanist — A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnohistoric — relating to ethnohistory
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- euthanisation — Alternative spelling of euthanization.
- euthanization — The act or process of euthanizing.
- event horizon — the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
- eventide home — a retirement home
- exhibitioners — Plural form of exhibitioner.
- exhibitionism — Extravagant behavior that is intended to attract attention to oneself.
- exhibitionist — A person who behaves in an extravagant way in order to attract attention.
- exhilarations — Plural form of exhilaration.
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- faction fight — a fight between rival Black groups, usually originating in tribal or clan feuds
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fashion shoot — an event at which photographs are taken of people wearing fashionable clothes
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.