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16-letter words containing t, e, r, a, h, y

  • microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
  • military attache — attaché (def 2).
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • muddy the waters — If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  • natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
  • neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • neuroarthropathy — (medicine) Any disease of a joint that is associated with a disease of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
  • order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
  • orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
  • peruvian rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
  • pheochromocytoma — a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system or adrenal medulla, that produces excess norepinephrine and epinephrine and causes hypertension, headaches, nausea, etc.
  • physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
  • phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
  • player character — a character in a role-playing game or video game who is controlled by the person playing the game. Abbreviation: PC. Compare nonplayer character.
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
  • saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • sealyham terrier — one of a Welsh breed of small terriers having short legs, a docked tail, and a wiry, mostly white coat.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • sooty shearwater — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
  • strawberry shrub — Carolina allspice
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • taft-hartley act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty-day injunction against strikes that endanger public health and safety and bans closed shops, featherbedding, secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, and certain other union practices.
  • take holy orders — to become ordained
  • take the liberty — do sth without permission
  • tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
  • the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
  • the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
  • the eternal city — Rome
  • the first family — a President's family
  • the great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
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