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

  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
  • south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
  • tetramethyllead — a colorless liquid, (CH 3) 4 Pb, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and benzene, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the common weal — the good of society
  • the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
  • the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
  • the legal limit — the maximum amount of something that is allowed by law, especially the amount of alcohol allowed before driving
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • the ultimate in — The ultimate in something is the best or most advanced example of it.
  • theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
  • thermal barrier — the high temperatures produced by the friction between a supersonic object and the earth's atmosphere that limit the speed of an airplane or rocket.
  • thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
  • thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
  • 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.
  • thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
  • ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
  • 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.
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • 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.
  • wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
  • wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
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