15-letter words that end in rs
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- prairie oysters — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- reduce to tears — If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
- running repairs — repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be made with little or no interruption in the use of the item
- set by the ears — to cause disagreement or commotion
- sons and lovers — a novel (1913) by D. H. Lawrence.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- tariff barriers — a barrier to trade between certain countries or geographical areas which takes the form of abnormally high taxes levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
- test the waters — assess or evaluate sth
- 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 small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- up to your ears — If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
- win one's spurs — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- winter quarters — housing or accommodation for the winter, esp for military personnel
- work/do wonders — If you say that a person or thing works wonders or does wonders, you mean that they have a very good effect on something.