15-letter words containing l, h, e, r
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- 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 other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
- the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
- the wherewithal — necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
- thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
- thimble-rigging — a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three-line whip — A three-line whip is a situation where the MPs in a political party are ordered to attend parliament and vote in a particular way on a particular issue.
- 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.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- trickle charger — a small mains-operated battery charger, esp one that delivers less than 5 amperes and is used by car owners
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
- turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- 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.
- ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
- under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.