15-letter words containing n, a, p, r, t, h
- roentgenography — roentgenogram.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- 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.
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.