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15-letter words containing t, e, h, r, a, n

  • the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
  • theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
  • thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
  • thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
  • thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
  • thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to the contrary — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • 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.
  • transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
  • tree-and-branch — denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
  • trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
  • unauthoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • under one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • under the table — of, relating to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
  • under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
  • unnatural death — death resulting from an external cause, such as intentional injury (such as homicide or suicide) or unintentional injury (in an accident)
  • unrehabilitated — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
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