10-letter words containing t, h
- all thumbs — clumsy
- allochthon — a geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces. Compare autochthon (def 3).
- allopathic — of, relating to, or used in allopathy
- allotheism — the worship of gods foreign to one's own land or culture
- along with — accompanying; together with
- alpha-test — an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- alphametic — a mathematical puzzle using letters to express numbers that must be deciphered
- altazimuth — an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of a celestial body by the horizontal and vertical rotation of a telescope
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amianthoid — a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- amyotrophy — wasting of muscles, caused by disease of the nerves supplying them
- anacolutha — Plural form of anacoluthon.
- analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- anarthrous — having no joints or articulated limbs
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- anathemata — dedicatory gifts offered to gods
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- angiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
- angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
- anglesmith — a blacksmith skilled in forging angle irons, beams, etc., into various forms used in shipbuilding.
- anhelation — a panting or shortness of breath causing breathing difficulty
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- ant-thrush — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Formicarius.
- antechapel — the outer part of a chapel at the west end
- anthemwise — alternately
- antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- anthersmut — a species of parasitic fungus, Ustilago violacea
- anthimeria — (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another. Typically, and for example, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
- anthomania — an intense fondness for flowers
- anthophore — an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla