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12-letter words containing y, t, h

  • synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
  • synaesthetic — synesthesia.
  • synantherous — with united anthers
  • synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
  • synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
  • synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
  • tammany hall — a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
  • teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • technicality — technical character.
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
  • tetrahydrate — a hydrate that contains four molecules of water, as potassium sodium tartrate, KNaC 4 H 4 O 6 ·4H 2 O.
  • tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
  • the almighty — God
  • the big city — a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the divinity — God
  • the holy one — God
  • the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
  • the military — the armed services (esp the army)
  • the nativity — the birth of Jesus
  • the old days — the past
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the tertiary — the Tertiary period or rock system, divided into Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs or series
  • the varletry — rabble; mob
  • the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • thematically — of or relating to a theme.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
  • theta rhythm — a pattern of brain waves having a regular frequency of 4 to 7 cycles per second as recorded by an electroencephalograph, observed during various states of light sleep or arousal.
  • thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
  • thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
  • thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
  • third eyelid — nictitating membrane.
  • thirteenthly — in the thirteenth place
  • thirty-eight — a cardinal number, 30 plus 8.
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