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15-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n

  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the everlasting — God
  • 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 lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • tibetan spaniel — one of a breed of small alert dogs originally developed in Tibet, with a double coat of any color, well-feathered, pendent ears, and a plumed tail curled over the back.
  • tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • title insurance — insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.
  • to lie in state — If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
  • to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • transelementate — transelement.
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unadvisableness — the quality of being imprudent or not advisable
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • unavailableness — the state of being useless or ineffectual
  • uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • unclimbableness — the quality or condition of being unclimbable
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
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