11-letter words containing her
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
- thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
- thermometer — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
- thermometry — the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature.
- thermomotor — a heat engine.
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- thersitical — scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
- thitherward — Also, thitherward [thith -er-werd, th ith -] /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/ (Show IPA), thitherwards. to or toward that place or point; there.
- titanothere — any member of the extinct mammalian family Brontotheriidae, large, horned relatives of the horse common in North America and Eurasia from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- topographer — a specialist in topography.
- tragic hero — a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- trencherman — a person who has a hearty appetite; a heavy eater.
- troposphere — the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
- tschernosem — chernozem.
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- unbrotherly — not brotherly
- uncherished — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- unfeathered — clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- uninherited — to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
- untethering — to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
- unweathered — not weathered; not changed by exposure to the weather
- unwithering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- up-gathered — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
- vinyl ether — a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
- washerwoman — a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.
- washerwomen — Plural form of washerwoman.
- weather eye — sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- weather gaw — a partial rainbow
- weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places.
- weatherable — able to withstand the effects of weather
- weathercast — a forecast of weather conditions, especially on radio or television.
- weathercoat — Also, weathercoating. a weatherproof coating, applied especially to the exterior of a building.
- weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
- weatherfish — any of several loaches of the genus Misgurnus, especially the European M. fossilis, which shows increased activity in response to changes in barometric pressure.
- weatherford — a town in N Texas.
- weathergirl — a young woman who presents weather forecasts
- weatherized — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherize.
- weathermost — (nautical) Farthest to the windward side.
- weathervane — A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind, typically mounted on top of a building.
- weatherwise — (domain) With respect to the weather.
- weatherworn — weather-beaten.