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15-letter words containing s, c, h, r, a

  • stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
  • straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • stretcher party — a group of stretcher bearers and the stretchers they are carrying
  • student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • underresearched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
  • vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
  • w.h. richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • wechsler scales — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
  • welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
  • wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
  • wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
  • white cast iron — cast iron having most or all of its carbon in the form of cementite and exhibiting a silvery fracture.
  • white christmas — A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows.
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • worcester china — porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
  • yorkshire chair — Derbyshire chair.
  • youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians
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