15-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- 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 crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the incarnation — the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ
- the jury is out — If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
- 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 rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- the other thing — an unexpressed alternative
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
- the proprieties — the standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society
- the proterozoic — the Proterozoic Eon or its rocks
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the-arbitration — a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment.
- theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- thorium dioxide — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- 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.
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- thyroid hormone — A thyroid hormone is a hormone, especially thyroxine or triiodothyronine, produced by the thyroid gland.
- time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to be in arrear — to be late in payment
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
- to do sb credit — If you say that something does someone credit, you mean that they should be praised or admired because of it.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.