13-letter words containing t, o, l, h
- the long term — the time some years ahead, (as opposed to the immediate future)
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
- the new world — the Americas; the western hemisphere
- the noble art — boxing
- the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
- the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- the whole kit — everything or everybody
- theatre lover — sb who enjoys going to plays
- theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoelement — a device made up of a heating mechanism and a thermocouple and used to measure small currents
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- thomas tallys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- to fall short — If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
- to hold court — If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
- to hold forth — If you hold forth on a subject, you speak confidently and for a long time about it, especially to a group of people.
- to lose heart — If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like.
- to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.