15-letter words containing r, a, t

great-heartedly — in a great-hearted manner
great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
greater omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
gregorian chant — the plain song or cantus firmus used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
gregorian water — a mixture of water, salt, ashes, and wine, blessed and sprinkled over the altar in the consecration of a church.
grind to a halt — If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.
griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
group separator — (character) (GS) ASCII character 29.
group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
guaranteed bond — a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal, interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation.
gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
guru meditation — (operating system) The Amiga equivalent of Unix's panic (sometimes just called a "guru" or "guru event"). When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYY" may appear, indicating what the problem was. An Amiga guru can figure things out from the numbers. In the earliest days of the Amiga, there was a device called a "Joyboard" which was basically a plastic board built onto a joystick-like device; it was sold with a skiing game cartridge for the Atari game machine. It is said that whenever the prototype OS crashed, the system programmer responsible would concentrate on a solution while sitting cross-legged, balanced on a Joyboard, resembling a meditating guru. Sadly, the joke was removed in AmigaOS 2.04. The Jargon File claimed that a guru event had to be followed by a Vulcan nerve pinch but, according to a correspondent, a mouse click was enough to start a reboot.
gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
hair hygrometer — a hygrometer actuated by the changes in length of a strand of human hair brought about by changes in the relative humidity.
hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
hair transplant — the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness.
hale and hearty — in good health
half-understood — partially understood
halfheartedness — The characteristic of being half-hearted.
halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
hang in (there) — to hold steadfast; persevere
harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
hard row to hoe — a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line: a row of apple trees.
hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
hardheartedness — The state of being hardhearted.
harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
harmonic motion — periodic motion consisting of one or more vibratory motions that are symmetric about a region of equilibrium, as the motion of a vibrating string of a musical instrument.
haute-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: generally fertile and flat
hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
have a right to — be entitled to
have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
have words with — to argue angrily with
hawaiian guitar — a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers.
hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
heart condition — cardiac disorder
heart of hearts — the depths of one's conscience or emotions
heart operation — a surgical operation performed on the heart
heart tamponade — tamponade (def 2).

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