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15-letter words containing e, a, r, t, h, u

  • pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
  • puerto ayacucho — a city in S Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • quantity theory — a theory stating that the general price level varies directly with the quantity of money in circulation and the velocity with which it is circulated, and inversely with the volume of production expressed by the total number of money transactions
  • reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • 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.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
  • ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
  • run the gantlet — to be punished by means of the gantlet
  • russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
  • 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
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
  • security threat — a threat to the security of a country
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • shutter release — a button or similar device used to actuate a camera shutter.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • southeastwardly — toward the southeast
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • southwestwardly — toward the southwest
  • staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
  • stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
  • stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
  • strawberry bush — an E North American shrub or small tree, Euonymus americanus, having pendulous capsules that split when ripe to reveal scarlet seeds: family Celastraceae
  • student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
  • substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
  • 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.
  • take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
  • tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
  • thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
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