15-letter words containing e, l, p, h, a
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- take the pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the public weal — the public good; the good of society
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- u-shaped valley — a steep-sided valley caused by glacial erosion
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
- vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
- zoogeographical — Pertaining to zoogeography.
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.