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14-letter words containing u, t, h, m

  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the millennium — the period of a thousand years of Christ's awaited reign upon earth
  • the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
  • to the maximum — If you say that someone does something to the maximum, you are emphasizing that they do it to the greatest degree possible.
  • tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • tragacanth gum — Tragacanth gum is a gum obtained from the tragacanth plant, used as a suspending agent.
  • triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
  • 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 empire — Ottoman Empire
  • ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
  • ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhumanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • up to the mark — acceptably good
  • vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
  • without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
  • xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
  • youth movement — a political, religious or social movement that is made up of young people
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