15-letter words containing a, o, l
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- 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 holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- 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 karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- time dilatation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
- timolol maleate — a beta blocker, C 13 H 24 N 4 O 3 S⋅C 4 H 4 O 4 , used in the treatment of angina, hypertension, and glaucoma.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
- to fall foul of — If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
- to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
- to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- to lead the way — If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.
- 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.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
- topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- 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.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianist — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- tractor-trailer — a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
- traffic control — management of road use