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15-letter words containing o, h, a, r, e

  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • puerto ayacucho — a city in S Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • quantity theory — a theory stating that the general price level varies directly with the quantity of money in circulation and the velocity with which it is circulated, and inversely with the volume of production expressed by the total number of money transactions
  • quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
  • radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
  • radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
  • relative to sth — Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
  • research worker — investigative scientist
  • reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
  • rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
  • rhyme or reason — If something happens or is done without rhyme or reason, there seems to be no logical reason for it to happen or be done.
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • robe-de-chambre — a dressing gown.
  • rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
  • rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
  • roentgenography — roentgenogram.
  • roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
  • rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
  • roundheadedness — the state of having a round head
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
  • sailor's choice — any of various small percoid fishes of American coastal regions of the Atlantic, esp the grunt Haemulon parra and the pinfish
  • sailor's-choice — any of several fishes living in waters along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., especially a pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, and a grunt, Haemulon parrai, ranging from Florida to Brazil.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
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