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15-letter words containing t, h, r, e, n, s

  • on the decrease — decreasing
  • on the increase — growing, increasing
  • one's last hour — the time of one's death
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
  • osteochondritis — inflammation of bone and cartilage.
  • osteochondrosis — a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
  • pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
  • 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
  • postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • probationership — the position of a probationer
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
  • raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
  • reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • round the twist — mad; eccentric
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
  • saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
  • self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
  • self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • serve one right — to act as a servant.
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
  • shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
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