15-letter words containing a, l, e, t, u
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- haemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample)
- half-understood — partially understood
- harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- in all but name — If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- instantaneously — occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- instrumentalism — the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.
- instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument.
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
- intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intellectualist — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
- intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra