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15-letter words containing a, r, t, h, i, s

  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
  • tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
  • the everlasting — God
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • the santa maria — the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
  • tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • trans-himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • tsushima strait — a channel between the Tsushima islands and Kyushu island, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea: sometimes considered part of the Korea Strait. About 60 miles (97 km) long; 40 miles (64 km) wide.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • weather station — an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.
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