14-letter words containing t, r, i, e, h
- thick register — chest register.
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.