15-letter words containing h, o, a, r, e, d
- 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.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
- rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- roundheadedness — the state of having a round head
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
- sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- scared to death — terrified
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
- shorthand notes — notes written in shorthand
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- shoulder season — a travel season between peak and off-peak seasons, especially spring and fall, when fares tend to be relatively low.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- 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
- soldier's heart — cardiac neurosis.
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spread the word — make others aware
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- start of header — (character) (SOH) mnemonic for ASCII 1.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- 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.
- 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 greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
- the motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
- the way forward — how to progress, what to do next