15-letter words containing e, t, h, r, i, f
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- street fighting — violent and illegal fighting between individuals or groups
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
- the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- the first thing — even one thing
- the first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- to hit the roof — If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
- towers of hanoi — (games) A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
- trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
- trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- under the knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
- visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.