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15-letter words containing h, o, s, t, l

  • 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
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • 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 devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
  • 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 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 lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
  • the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the whole shoot — everything
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
  • thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
  • threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • tyrwhitt-wilson — Gerald Hugh, 14th Baron Berners [bur-nerz] /ˈbɜr nərz/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, English composer, painter, and author.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • untrustworthily — in an untrustworthy manner; not trustworthily
  • venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
  • washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
  • west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
  • western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
  • whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
  • whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • wilson's thrush — veery.
  • winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
  • women's shelter — woman's refuge
  • yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
  • zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology
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