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15-letter words containing h, e, a, s, t

  • sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • 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.
  • take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • take issue with — disagree with
  • take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
  • tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
  • teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
  • test the waters — assess or evaluate sth
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • 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
  • that's the shot — that is the right thing to do
  • 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 black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
  • 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 desert rats — nickname for the British 7th Armoured Division during WWII
  • the die is cast — You can say that the die is cast to draw attention to the importance of an event or decision which is going to affect your future and which cannot be changed or avoided.
  • 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 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 last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • 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 ocean state — the US state of Rhode Island
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the peach state — a nickname for Georgia, a state in southeastern United States
  • the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
  • 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 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.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
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