15-letter words containing h, a, i, r, t, l
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- pre-established — to establish beforehand.
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- raise the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
- relative to sth — Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scared shitless — terrified
- scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- ship's articles — a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
- sociohistorical — involving social and historical elements
- 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.
- soldier's heart — cardiac neurosis.
- south australia — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- 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
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- 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 daily round — the usual activities of one's day