15-letter words containing h, a, m, s, t, r
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
- northeast storm — a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow.
- nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- provost marshal — Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
- sanatana dharma — the name used by Hindus for Hinduism
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
- 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.
- software method — Software Methodology
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- straight matter — the body text of an article, story, etc., as distinguished from the title, subhead, and other display matter.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.