15-letter words containing t, e, n, r, h
- raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
- reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
- reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
- retirement home — care facility for elderly people
- reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
- reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right-of-center — holding conservative views in politics; right-wing.
- right-of-centre — You can describe a person or political party as right-of-centre if they have political views which are closer to capitalism and conservatism than to socialism but which are not very extreme.
- riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
- roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- roentgenography — roentgenogram.
- roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run the gantlet — to be punished by means of the gantlet
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
- scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- seven-year itch — scabies.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
- shearing-stress — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
- shock resistant — not affected by impact