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15-letter words containing t, o, l, h, e

  • the common weal — the good of society
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
  • the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the good people — fairies
  • the hell out of — Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.
  • the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
  • the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
  • the lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
  • the lower karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
  • the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
  • the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
  • the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
  • the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
  • the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the whole shoot — everything
  • thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
  • thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
  • think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
  • threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
  • to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
  • to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
  • to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
  • to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
  • top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
  • trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
  • 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.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
  • ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
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