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15-letter words containing t, h, i, a, c

  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • t'ai chi ch'uan — a Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise, characterized by methodically slow circular and stretching movements and positions of bodily balance.
  • tachyarrhythmia — an irregular and too-rapid heartbeat
  • take the mickey — mock
  • talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the die is cast — You can say that the die is cast to draw attention to the importance of an event or decision which is going to affect your future and which cannot be changed or avoided.
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • the renaissance — the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century
  • the right track — the correct line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
  • theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thioacetic acid — a yellow, fuming, pungent liquid, C 2 H 4 SO, used as a reagent and tear gas.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • thymidylic acid — a nucleotide consisting of thymine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. It is a constituent of DNA
  • thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
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