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15-letter words containing a, d, t, o, h, e

  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
  • the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • the motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
  • the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
  • the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • thioacetic acid — a yellow, fuming, pungent liquid, C 2 H 4 SO, used as a reagent and tear gas.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • throw overboard — to reject or abandon
  • thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
  • tie one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
  • to have it made — If you say that someone has it made or has got it made, you mean that they are certain to be rich or successful.
  • to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
  • to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
  • to save the day — If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • under one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
  • with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
  • with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
  • wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
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