12-letter words containing t, o, a, h, e
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
- the go-ahead — permission to proceed
- the hot seat — If you are in the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions.
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- the old dart — England
- the old days — the past
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theatre-goer — a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theatrophone — a late 19th century service that allowed subscribers to listen to concerts or plays through the telephone
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- thiosinamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter-tasting powder, C 4 H 8 N 2 S, occurring in mustard oil: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- thioxanthene — any of a class of antipsychotics, as thiothixene, used to relieve symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders.