15-letter words containing h, r, d, i, a
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- summer diarrhea — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- 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 disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
- trithionic acid — a thionic acid, H2S3O6
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- w.h. richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- with one accord — If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
- withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area