15-letter words containing t, h, e, a, r, m
- the motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
- the other woman — married man's female lover
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- the santa maria — the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
- the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
- the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- theory of games — game theory.
- 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
- thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
- thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
- thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
- third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- 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.
- warmheartedness — The quality of being warmhearted.
- what's-her-name — a girl or woman whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
- wheatgerm bread — bread made with wheat germ
- white christmas — A white Christmas is a Christmas when it snows.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent