16-letter words containing r, e, l, a, c, h
- the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the eternal city — Rome
- the gentle craft — fishing
- the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
- theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- three-ball match — a match among three players each of whom plays a ball.
- to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- valet de chambre — valet (def 1).
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- wheelbarrow race — a race in which one member of each team of two walks on his or her hands while the legs are held up by the partner.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)