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14-letter words containing the

  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • thermoremanent — (of a rock) having a remnant magnetic field after cooling or solidification
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thermotolerant — (of plants) able to tolerate, but not thriving in, high temperatures
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • throw together — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • 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.
  • to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
  • to the tune of — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • turn the screw — to increase the pressure
  • turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • under the rose — in secret; privately; sub rosa
  • 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.
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unstrengthened — not strengthened or reinforced; not given additional strength
  • up to the ears — very deeply
  • up to the mark — acceptably good
  • walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
  • warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
  • weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
  • weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
  • weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • weather-beaten — bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
  • weatherability — the property of a material that permits it to endure or resist exposure to the weather.
  • weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
  • weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
  • weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
  • weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
  • whether or not — no matter if, even if
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
  • write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
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