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

  • 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.
  • thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • 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.
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • 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.
  • unanaesthetized — not anaesthetized
  • unauthenticated — to establish as genuine.
  • uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
  • 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.
  • zenith distance — the angular distance from the zenith of a point on the celestial sphere to the sphere, measured along a great circle that is perpendicular to the horizon; the complement of the altitude.
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