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11-letter words containing t, h, u

  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • sympathique — pleasing or congenial
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
  • terre haute — a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River.
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • thaumaturge — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
  • thaumaturgy — the working of wonders or miracles; magic.
  • the accused — the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge
  • the antique — the style of ancient art, esp Greek or Roman art, or an example of it
  • the bejesus — (intensifier) used in such phrases as beat the bejesus out of, scare the bejesus out of, etc
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the centaur — the constellation Centaurus
  • the circuit — a series of tournaments in which the same players regularly take part
  • the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the rapture — in some Christian theologies, the bodily ascent into heaven just before Armageddon of those who are saved (see save1 (sense 8)
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • the sullens — a sullen mood
  • the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
  • the surreal — the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism
  • the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • theftuously — in a theftuous or thievish manner
  • thelytokous — pertaining to or produced by thelytoky.
  • theme music — music played at the beginning and end of a programme or film
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
  • thesauruses — a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • third house — a legislative lobby.
  • thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
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