13-letter words containing t, o, l, h
- to play havoc — If one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it.
- to play hooky — If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- to the letter — a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- toll thorough — a payment exacted by a municipal government for the right to use a highway, bridge, or the like; toll.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
- twilight glow — a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow) during the day (dayglow) and at twilight (twilight glow) with each having slightly different characteristics.
- twilight zone — the lowest level of the ocean that light can reach.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
- ultramarathon — any footrace of 50 or more miles.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- unwithholding — not withholding; giving freely
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walk out with — to court or be courted by
- walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- what you will — whatever you like
- whistleblower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white melilot — a Eurasian plant, Melilotus alba, of the legume family, naturalized in the U.S., having white flowers.