14-letter words starting with th
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- three-act play — a dramatic production such as play or film which is divided into three acts or sections
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- three-cornered — having three corners: a three-cornered hat.
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- three-quarters — Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- throttle lever — throttle (def 1).
- throttle valve — a valve for throttling the working fluid of an engine, refrigerator, etc.
- throttlebottom — a harmless incompetent in public office.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
- throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- 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.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- 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
- thyrotoxicosis — Graves' disease.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings