12-Letter Words Containing: THER_

• the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy

• To protect a structure against damage by the weather.

• A protective coating, or layer of insulation, as on a house or car.

• the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

• the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease

• To lower the velocity and kinetic energy of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor by use of a moderator, and thus increase the efficiency of fission

• weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster

• diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors

• abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)