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13-letter words containing t, h, u

  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • bathurst burr — an Australian plant, Xanthium spinosum, having numerous hooked burrs that became entangled in sheep's wool
  • beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
  • bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
  • bite the dust — to fail completely or cease to exist
  • blue whistler — blue norther.
  • bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
  • bound up with — closely or inextricably linked with
  • bounty hunter — A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered.
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
  • bristle brush — a brush made with animal bristles
  • budget speech — the speech in which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
  • buff-tip moth — a large European moth, Phalera bucephala, having violet-brown buff-tipped forewings held at rest around the body so that it resembles a snapped-off twig
  • buffalo cloth — a heavyweight woolen fabric constructed in twill weave and having a shaggy pile.
  • bulbourethral — of or relating to the rounded mass of tissue surrounding the urethra at the root of the penis.
  • bull elephant — an adult male elephant
  • bullet-headed — with a head shaped like a bullet
  • bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
  • burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • butch haircut — a short haircut for men, similar to a crew cut.
  • butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
  • butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
  • butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
  • butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
  • butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
  • butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
  • butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
  • butyl alcohol — any of four isomeric alcohols, C4H9OH, obtained from petroleum products: used as solvents and in organic synthesis
  • butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
  • butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
  • cactus dahlia — a double-flowered variety of dahlia
  • calcium light — limelight (sense 1)
  • call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
  • call the turn — to predict successfully
  • callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
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