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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.
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