15-letter words containing a, n, e, s, t, h

naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
non-a hepatitis — a form of viral hepatitis, not caused by the agents responsible for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, that is commonly transmitted by infected blood transfusions. The causative virus has been isolated
non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
non-mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
north-northeast — the point on the compass midway between north and northeast. Abbreviation: NNE.
northeast storm — a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow.
northeasterners — Plural form of northeasterner.
northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
not give a shit — to not care at all
nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
on the decrease — decreasing
on the increase — growing, increasing
one's last hour — the time of one's death
one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
panhandle state — West Virginia (used as a nickname).
parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
personal growth — development as an individual
phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.

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