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

  • state socialism — the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
  • stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
  • stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
  • streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
  • subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
  • substantiatable — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • super-sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superficialness — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturalist — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
  • supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
  • superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
  • superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
  • supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
  • sustained yield — the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
  • sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
  • symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • synecdochically — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
  • tangible assets — valuable items: cash, property, etc.
  • tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
  • taylor's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(z) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. Under certain conditions, the series has the form f(z) = f(a) + [f′(a)(z – a)]/1! + [f″(a)(z – a)2]/2! + …
  • tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
  • tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tequila sunrise — a cocktail, usually consisting of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine. The ingredients have different densities and settle into bands of colour that resemble the sky at sunrise
  • terra sigillata — Arretine ware.
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