15-letter words containing t, h, r, a
- (at) first hand — from the original source; directly
- (not) all there — (not) in full possession of one's wits; (not) mentally sound
- a heart of gold — If you say that someone has a heart of gold, you are emphasizing that they are very good and kind to other people.
- a hornet's nest — If you say that someone has stirred up a hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble.
- a shingle short — unintelligent or mentally subnormal
- a stone's throw — If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other.
- a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
- above the water — out of trouble or difficulty, esp financial trouble
- acetyl chloride — a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH3COCl
- acetylene torch — a piece of equipment that burns with a hot flame powered by acetylene and is used for welding, brazing, or soldering
- achromatic lens — a system of two or more lenses that is substantially free from chromatic aberration and in which the lenses are made of different substances so that the focal length of the system is the same for two or three wavelengths of light.
- achromatophilia — the property of having little or no affinity for stains.
- acroanaesthesia — (pathology) Loss of sensation in the extremities.
- actinochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with actinism; photochemistry.
- active hydrogen — hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- adiabatic chart — a graph for the analysis of adiabatic processes.
- admiralty cloth — melton cloth, used for coats and jackets, especially for the naval service.
- admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
- aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
- aftershave balm — a soothing lotion for application to the face after shaving
- agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
- aircraft hangar — a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
- alan f. shugart — (person) The man who founded Shugart Associates and later co-founded Seagate Technology. Alan Shugart left Shugart Associates in 1974 [did he quit or was he fired?] and took a break from the disk-drive business. In 1979, he and Finis Conner founded a new company that at first was called Shugart Technology and later Seagate Technology.
- alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
- alfred e. smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- algaroth powder — antimony oxychloride.
- algorithmically — Using an algorithm.
- alignment chart — nomogram.
- alligator shear — heavy shears for cutting metal slabs.
- allotriomorphic — (of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
- almighty dollar — money regarded as a major goal in life or as the basis of power: Love of the almighty dollar has ruined many people.
- alpha privative — (in Greek grammar) the letter alpha (or an- before vowels) used as a negative or privative prefix. It appears in English words derived from Greek, as in atheist, anaesthetic
- alpha radiation — alpha particles emitted from a radioactive isotope
- amaranth family — the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth.
- ambrosian chant — the liturgical chant, established by Saint Ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing.
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
- american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
- amphiarthrodial — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
- ancient history — Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.
- answer the door — When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
- antarctic beech — any tree of the genus Nothofagus, related to the beech and native to temperate Australasia and South America, esp Nothofagus cunninghamii of SE Australia or Nothofagus moorei of NE Australia
- anteprohibition — before prohibition.
- anthony burgess — Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
- anthropobiology — the biological study of the human species
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