15-letter words containing s, e, p, h, a, r
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- 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
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- 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.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
- 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.