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15-letter words containing t, a, i, h

  • archaebacterium — Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
  • architecturally — of or relating to architecture: architectural metals.
  • arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
  • at right angles — If two things are at right angles, they are situated so that they form an angle of 90° where they touch each other. You can also say that one thing is at right angles to another.
  • at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
  • at the earliest — At the earliest means not before the date or time mentioned.
  • at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
  • atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
  • athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • austria-hungary — the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
  • authenticatable — to establish as genuine.
  • authentications — Plural form of authentication.
  • authoritatively — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • autolithography — a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate.
  • automorphically — in an automorphic manner
  • autoradiographs — Plural form of autoradiograph.
  • autoradiography — the technique or process of making autoradiographs.
  • autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • autotrophically — through an autotrophic process
  • available light — the natural or usual light on a subject.
  • back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • balanoposthitis — An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
  • baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
  • banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
  • bargain-hunting — the act of shopping for items sold at cheap, esp discounted, prices
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
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