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13-letter words containing ther

  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • pyretotherapy — therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • shaft feather — one of the two fletchings on an arrow
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • the father of — a very large, severe, etc, example of a specified kind
  • the other day — several days ago
  • the-godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
  • thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
  • thermesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
  • thermic fever — sunstroke.
  • thermoammeter — an ammeter that measures amperage by means of a thermocouple.
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoelement — a device made up of a heating mechanism and a thermocouple and used to measure small currents
  • thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
  • thermostating — 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.
  • thermostatted — 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.
  • thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
  • thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
  • thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
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