15-letter words containing a, n, o, t, h
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
- lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
- lay on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- man in the moon — a fancied semblance of a human face in the disk of the full moon, so perceived because of variations in the moon's topography.
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- mathematization — The process of mathematizing.
- matron of honor — a married woman acting as the principal attendant of the bride at a wedding.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark