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15-letter words that end in h

  • relative to sth — Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
  • reported speech — indirect quotation
  • 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.
  • reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
  • reverse english — Also called reverse side. Billiards. a spinning motion imparted to a cue ball in such a manner as to prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Compare running English.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
  • root and branch — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
  • root-and-branch — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • rub elbows with — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
  • saint elisabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
  • saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
  • scared to death — terrified
  • schoolboy crush — an infatuation that a young boy has, usually for an older woman such as a teacher or an actress, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
  • scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
  • set one's teeth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • seventy-seventh — next after the seventy-sixth; being the ordinal number for 77.
  • shalosh seudoth — the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service.
  • sharm al-sheikh — a village and military post in E Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula, guarding the Gulf of Suez.
  • sharm el-sheikh — a city in Egypt on the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea; a major holiday resort. Pop: 73 000 (2015 est)
  • shockwave flash — flash
  • short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • shut your mouth — stop talking
  • sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
  • solenoid switch — A solenoid switch is an electrical switch that is often used where a high current circuit, such as a starter motor circuit, is brought into operation by a low current switch.
  • speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
  • spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
  • spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
  • squeeze through — to press forcibly together; compress.
  • stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
  • stocking stitch — stockinette (def 2).
  • strawberry bush — an E North American shrub or small tree, Euonymus americanus, having pendulous capsules that split when ripe to reveal scarlet seeds: family Celastraceae
  • strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
  • take issue with — disagree with
  • telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the black death — a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people
  • the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • the cesarewitch — a long-distance horserace run each year in October at Newmarket racecourse
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
  • thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
  • threepennyworth — an amount having the value or price of threepence
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • tortoise brooch — a domed, oval brooch worn in pairs by Viking women.
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