15-letter words containing t, h, e, l, a
- atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- authenticatable — to establish as genuine.
- authoritatively — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- available light — the natural or usual light on a subject.
- bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
- baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
- banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
- barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- battle hardened — toughened by the experience of battle
- battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
- be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
- beat all hollow — to outdo or surpass by far
- bedsheet ballot — a very long, involved paper ballot
- beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
- belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
- best-ball match — a match, scored by holes, in which one player competing against two or more others must score lower than the lowest scoring opponent to win a hole.
- beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
- biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
- black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
- black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
- board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
- boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
- branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
- break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- breath analyzer — an instrument consisting of a small bag or tube filled with chemically treated crystals, into which a sample of a motorist's breath is taken as a test for intoxication.
- bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
- bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
- bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
- calabash nutmeg — a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae
- calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
- call-out charge — a set amount charged for a repairman to come to one's house, or to a broken-down vehicle, which is added to the cost of the actual repair
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
- catarrhal fever — bluetongue.
- catharine wheel — Catherine wheel.
- cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
- cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
- catherine wheel — A Catherine wheel is a firework in the shape of a circle which spins round and round.
- center halfback — Field Hockey. the player in the middle among the halfbacks.
- central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
- cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
- cephalohematoma — A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.
- cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
- cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth