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13-letter words containing t, r, e, h, o, u

  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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  • thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
  • through stone — perpend1 .
  • through-other — confused.
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • to the ground — completely; absolutely
  • toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • under the sod — dead and buried
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
  • unsmotherable — unquenchable
  • 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.
  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
  • weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
  • without demur — If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
  • without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
  • youth culture — the activities and behaviour associated with young people
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