15-letter words containing i, d, e, a, h
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- 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
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- 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 daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- 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 first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
- the job in hand — The job or problem in hand is the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
- the living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thioacetic acid — a yellow, fuming, pungent liquid, C 2 H 4 SO, used as a reagent and tear gas.
- 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.
- 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.
- tie one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
- to have it made — If you say that someone has it made or has got it made, you mean that they are certain to be rich or successful.
- to hit the road — If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
- unanaesthetized — not anaesthetized
- unauthenticated — to establish as genuine.
- 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.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- 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.
- 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
- zenith distance — the angular distance from the zenith of a point on the celestial sphere to the sphere, measured along a great circle that is perpendicular to the horizon; the complement of the altitude.