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13-letter words containing t, h, u

  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • into the blue — into the unknown or the far distance
  • isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
  • jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
  • john of gaunt — John of, John of Gaunt.
  • joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
  • just the same — identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • keep in touch — stay in contact
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
  • kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
  • laurel wreath — a wreath of interlocking laurel leaves and branches, which can be worn on the head to represent victory
  • leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
  • leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
  • letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
  • light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • light quantum — photon.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • lightning bug — firefly.
  • lissotrichous — having straight hair.
  • literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
  • lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
  • logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
  • lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
  • lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • malthusianism — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • mana motuhake — independence or autonomy
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
  • massachusetts — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 8257 sq. mi. (21,385 sq. km). Capital: Boston. Abbreviation: MA (for use with zip code), Mass.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
  • meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
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