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

  • threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
  • threonine — an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. Symbol: T. Abbreviation: Thr;
  • threshing — to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
  • threshold — the sill of a doorway.
  • throbless — pertaining to something that does not throb or pulsate or that lacks emotion
  • thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
  • throttled — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
  • throwover — designed to fit loosely over an object without being tied to it
  • throwster — a person who throws silk or synthetic filaments.
  • thuringer — a mildly seasoned cervelat, either fresh or smoked.
  • thyrotome — an instrument for cutting the thyroid cartilage.
  • thyroxine — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
  • tigerfish — a large, voracious, freshwater game fish, Hydrocyenus goliath, of African rivers.
  • tiggerish — irrepressibly bouncy and cheerful
  • tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
  • tightwire — tightrope (def 1).
  • to horse! — an order to mount horses
  • tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
  • torchable — able to be torched or set alight
  • torchiere — a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
  • toughener — something that toughens
  • tracheary — using tracheae to breathe
  • tracheate — (of an arthropod) having tracheae.
  • tracheole — any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
  • tragelaph — a mythical animal that is a cross between a goat and a stag
  • trailhead — the point where a trail starts.
  • trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
  • transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
  • trashtrie — trash
  • trauchled — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
  • treachery — violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
  • trebuchet — a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
  • treehouse — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
  • trehalose — a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
  • trenchant — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
  • trenchardHugh Montague, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British Royal Air Force marshal.
  • trephiner — a surgeon who works with a trephine
  • trichrome — three-coloured
  • trierarch — the commander of a trireme.
  • trihedral — having, or formed by, three planes meeting in a point: a trihedral angle.
  • trihedron — the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
  • trimethyl — having three methyl groups
  • trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
  • tritheism — belief in three Gods, especially in the doctrine that the three persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are three distinct Gods, each an independent center of consciousness and determination.
  • triumphed — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
  • trochlear — Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
  • trondheim — a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord.
  • trophaeum — tropaeum.
  • trothless — faithless or disloyal
  • truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
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