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

  • ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
  • ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • 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.
  • unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
  • urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
  • vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
  • vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
  • venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
  • 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.
  • walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
  • walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
  • weather balloon — sounding balloon.
  • wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
  • west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
  • west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
  • whatchamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
  • whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
  • white chocolate — a chocolate-type product made of milk and sugar that are cooked together until highly condensed and then mixed with cocoa butter.
  • white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
  • winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
  • withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc
  • withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.
  • wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
  • xylotypographic — involving or pertaining to xylotypography
  • yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
  • yucatán channel — a channel between W Cuba and the Yucatán peninsula
  • zoophytological — of or relating to zoophytology
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