12-letter words containing t, h, u
- touch bottom — to run aground
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- tough it out — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- true-hearted — faithful and loyal
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- turret lathe — a lathe fitted with a turret.
- tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- ultima thule — (italics) Latin. the highest degree attainable.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- unchasteness — lack of chastity