11-letter words containing t, h, y, o
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- enteropathy — A disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine.
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- epiphytotic — Relating to epiphytosis.
- erythorbate — erythorbic acid; a food additive used as an antioxidant
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- erythrosine — a fluorone, tetraiodo-fluorescein, which is used as a red food colouring (E127) and in biological staining
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethnobotany — The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- every other — alternate
- exhortatory — Serving to exhort.
- exophthalmy — Archaic form of exophthalmia.
- faithworthy — worthy of faith, trustworthy
- fortnightly — occurring or appearing once a fortnight.
- forty hours — a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.
- forty-eight — a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- forty-fifth — next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.
- forty-ninth — next after the forty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 49.
- forty-sixth — next after the forty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 46.
- forty-third — next after the forty-second; being the ordinal number for 43.
- forty-three — a cardinal number, 40 plus 3.
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- hectocotyli — Plural form of hectocotylus.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.