15-letter words containing a, l, s, o, u
- islands council — (in Scotland since 1975) any of the three divisions (Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles) into which the Scottish islands are divided for purposes of local government
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- locus classicus — classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- lons-le-saunier — a department in E France. 1952 sq. mi. (5055 sq. km). Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- louis of nassau — 1538–74, a leader (1568–74) of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain: died in battle
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.