11-letter words containing t, h, u
- unthrilling — producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.
- unthrottled — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- untouchable — that may not be touched; of a nature such that it cannot be touched; not palpable; intangible.
- unwatchable — detectable; apparent.
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- unweighting — the action of minimizing the pressure of body weight on a ski before a turn by briefly bending down or straightening up
- unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- unwithstood — not opposed or resisted; not withstood
- up the ante — to increase the costs, risks, or considerations involved in taking an action or reaching a conclusion
- up the duff — pregnant
- up the pole — slightly mad
- up the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- up-gathered — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
- upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- upholstress — a female upholsterer
- upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- upstretched — stretched upward, as the arms.
- uptightness — the quality or state of being uptight
- urethrotomy — an operation to cut a stricture of the urethra.
- urochordate — having a urochord.
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- uttarakhand — a state in NW India, created in 2000 from part of Uttar Pradesh. 19,739 sq. mi. (51,123 sq. km). Capital. Dehra Dun.
- uttaranchal — a state of N India, created in 2000 from the N part of Uttar Pradesh: in the Himalayas, rising to over 7500 m (25 000 ft); rice, tea, and timber. Capital: Dehra Dun. Pop: 8 479 562 (2001). Area: 51 125 sq km (19 739 sq miles)
- vapour bath — the act of bathing in vapour, formerly believed to have medicinal benefits
- videotheque — a cinema in which videos are shown
- walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- watch guard — a short chain, cord, or ribbon for securing a watch when worn on the person.
- waterthrush — A thrushlike North American warbler related to the ovenbird, found near woodland streams and swamps.
- well-fought — simple past tense and past participle of fight.
- well-taught — simple past tense and past participle of teach.
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- westborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
- wh question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wh-question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- whacked out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- whacked-out — tired; exhausted; worn-out.
- what though — what difference does it make that
- wheat flour — powdered cereal grain
- whereabouts — about where? where?
- whirlabouts — Plural form of whirlabout.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white cloud — a small, brightly colored freshwater fish, Tanichthys albonubes, native to China: popular in home aquariums.
- white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
- white house — Also called Executive Mansion. the official residence of the president of the United States, in Washington, D.C.: a large, two-story, freestone building painted white.
- white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
- white sauce — a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.
- white sound — white noise.
- whitsuntide — the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.