12-letter words containing t, h, o, u
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- do honour to — to pay homage to
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- double dutch — a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- fifty-fourth — next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
- fight it out — a battle or combat.
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- forty-fourth — next after the forty-third; being the ordinal number for 44.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.