15-letter words containing t, o, d, s, h
- in the midst of — amid, among
- in the old days — a long time ago
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
- newton's method — a process for approximating the roots of an equation by replacing the curve representing the equation by its tangent and finding the intersection of the tangent with the x-axis and iterating this process.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old-established — established for a long time
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- on the decrease — decreasing
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
- opposition hold — a particular way of holding rock in mountain-climbing
- 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.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outside the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- passport holder — a person who has a passport
- photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
- point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
- 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.
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- put paid to sth — If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.
- put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- reported speech — indirect quotation