15-letter words containing t, h, r, e, v, a
- 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
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- 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.
- seven-year itch — scabies.
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
- the everlasting — God
- throw overboard — to reject or abandon
- transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- unauthoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.