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15-letter words containing h, a, r

  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • test the waters — assess or evaluate sth
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • tetraethyl lead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • 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.
  • tetramethyllead — a colorless liquid, (CH 3) 4 Pb, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and benzene, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • 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
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
  • 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 black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • 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 desert rats — nickname for the British 7th Armoured Division during WWII
  • the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
  • 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 earthshaker — Poseidon (or Neptune) in his capacity as the bringer of earthquakes
  • the everlasting — God
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
  • the grim reaper — death
  • 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 last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • 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 motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
  • the netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
  • 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 paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
  • the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
  • the right track — the correct line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • the santa maria — the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
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