8-letter words containing t, h, u
- straucht — straight
- studfish — either of two killifishes marked with orange spots, Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish) of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and Ozark Mountains region, or F. stellifer (southern studfish) of the Alabama River.
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- subshaft — a secondary shaft in a mine
- subtheme — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superhot — extremely hot
- t'unghua — Tonghua.
- tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tacahout — an abnormal outgrowth on a tamarisk plant
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- tallulah — a town in NE Louisiana.
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- teahouse — a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.
- tecumseh — 1768?–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe.
- teuchter — a derogatory word used by Lowlanders for a Highlander
- thaddeus — one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:3.
- thalamus — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- thallous — containing univalent thallium.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- thaw out — defreeze
- the blue — the sky
- the bull — the constellation Taurus, the second sign of the zodiac
- the bush — an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
- the crud — a disease; rot
- the drum — the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum)
- the fuzz — a policeman or the police
- the gulf — the Persian Gulf or the surrounding region
- the hour — an exact number of complete hours
- the hump — a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
- the lump — self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
- the push — dismissal, esp from employment
- the rule — the common order of things; normal condition
- the runs — diarrhoea
- the tube — an underground railway system
- the turf — a track, usually of grass or dirt, where horse races are run
- the turn — the fourth community card to be dealt face-up in a round of Texas hold ’em
- thespius — the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thin out — diminish, dissipate
- think up — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.