15-letter words containing t, h, a
- antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
- antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
- antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
- antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
- apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
- aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
- apophthegmatise — to speak in apophthegms
- apophthegmatist — a person who creates apophthegms
- apophthegmatize — to use apophthegms
- apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
- apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
- appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
- approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
- approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
- arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
- arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
- archaeastronomy — (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
- archaebacterium — Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
- archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
- archeoastronomy — the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, especially as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
- 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
- around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
- 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).
- astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
- astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
- astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
- astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
- as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
- at arm's length — If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
- at death's door — If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
- at full stretch — If you are at full stretch, your arm is straight and extended as far as possible, usually because you are trying to reach something that is almost too far away.
- 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 controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
- at the earliest — At the earliest means not before the date or time mentioned.
- at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
- at the mercy of — in the power of
- at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
- at the touch of — You use at the touch of in expressions such as at the touch of a button and at the touch of a key to indicate that something is possible by simply touching a switch or one of the keys of a keyboard.