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11-letter words containing t, h, u

  • customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
  • cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
  • cut through — to penetrate or go through by cutting
  • cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
  • cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
  • dasht-e-lut — vast desert region of central and SE Iran, extending southward from the Dasht-e-Kavir
  • dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • death house — the section of a prison containing an execution chamber and the cells in which persons condemned to die are housed in the days just before their execution
  • death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
  • deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
  • debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
  • debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
  • declutching — Present participle of declutch.
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  • delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
  • demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
  • depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
  • deputy head — a vice-principal
  • deutschland — Germany
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
  • dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
  • discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
  • dish it out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
  • dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
  • distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
  • dongting hu — lake in Hunan province, SE China: c. 1,450 sq mi (3,755 sq km); during floods, over 4,000 sq mi (10,360 sq km)
  • donut peach — fruit
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • doughtiness — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
  • downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
  • draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
  • draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • dreadnaught — 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.
  • 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
  • duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
  • durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
  • dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
  • dutch lunch — an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.
  • dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
  • dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
  • dutch uncle — a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness.
  • earth auger — a drill for boring holes in the ground, as to tap springs.
  • earthquakes — Plural form of earthquake.
  • eave trough — gutter (def 3).
  • eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
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