15-letter words containing h, a, o
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- 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.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
- thank you ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
- thank-you-ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- that's the shot — that is the right thing to do
- the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- 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
- 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 gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
- the greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
- the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
- the lower karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
- the ocean state — the US state of Rhode Island
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the other woman — married man's female lover
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- 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 perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
- 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.