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

  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • old father time — time personified
  • omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
  • permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
  • primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
  • rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
  • 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.
  • software method — Software Methodology
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • straight matter — the body text of an article, story, etc., as distinguished from the title, subhead, and other display matter.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
  • 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 affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
  • the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the grim reaper — death
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