12-letter words containing t, h, y, e
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- echogenicity — (medical) The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- eighteenthly — in the eighteenth place
- eighty-seven — a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- epiphytology — the study of epiphytes
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- esthetically — Alternative spelling of aesthetically.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethoxyethane — (organic compound) The systematic name for diethyl ether.
- ethylacetate — Alternative spelling of ethyl acetate.
- ethylbenzene — A colorless, flammable liquid hydrocarbon, used in the manufacture of styrene.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- ex hypothesi — in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
- eye-catching — Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable.
- family hotel — a hotel owned by a family in which family members work
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- fifty-eighth — next after the fifty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 58.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.