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15-letter words containing a, t, h, e, m

  • old father time — time personified
  • 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.
  • omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
  • primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • put sb to shame — If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
  • put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
  • rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • sahitya akademi — a body set up by the Government of India for cultivating literature in Indian languages and in English
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
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