15-letter words containing c, e, t, s, h
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- 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 die is cast — You can say that the die is cast to draw attention to the importance of an event or decision which is going to affect your future and which cannot be changed or avoided.
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the ocean state — the US state of Rhode Island
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the peach state — a nickname for Georgia, a state in southeastern United States
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- 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 second form — the second year of secondary school
- the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
- the unconscious — the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature
- the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thickness piece — a narrow flat or board used in scenic construction to give the illusion of depth or solidity to a door, wall, window, or the like.
- thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tilsit (cheese) — a semihard, mild to sharp cheese with many small holes, made from cow's milk
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
- touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- 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
- transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
- turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
- tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
- urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- white cast iron — cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.
- white christmas — A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.