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11-letter words containing t, h, o, r, u

  • deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
  • dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
  • do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
  • downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
  • dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
  • eave trough — gutter (def 3).
  • eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
  • echotexture — (medicine) The patterning of echogenicity in a diagnostic image.
  • erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
  • euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
  • feedthrough — a connector used to pass a conductor through a circuit board or enclosure.
  • flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
  • flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
  • flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
  • forethought — thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
  • forty hours — a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.
  • fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
  • fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
  • fourth form — the fourth year of study in a school
  • fourth wall — the imaginary wall of a box set, separating the actors from the audience.
  • fourth-rate — of very low quality, value, or rank
  • freethought — Alternative spelling of free thought.
  • freight-out — Freight-out is the cost of delivering finished goods to a customer.
  • furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
  • furthermore — moreover; besides; in addition: Furthermore, he left orders not to be disturbed.
  • furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
  • furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
  • get through — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
  • goddaughter — a female godchild.
  • grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
  • ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
  • groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
  • groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
  • growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
  • handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
  • hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
  • hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
  • harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
  • haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
  • heat source — sth that generates warmth
  • hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
  • heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
  • highwrought — extremely worked-up or excited
  • hirsutulous — hirtellous.
  • hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
  • holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
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