15-letter words containing e, s, c, o, n
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- the unconscious — the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
- 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 one's credit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- 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.
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- training course — practical programme of study
- transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- uncondescending — showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
- unconscientious — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- unconsciousness — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
- unconsentaneous — disagreeable or discordant
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- under suspicion — suspected of a crime
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- unreconstructed — stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations: an unreconstructed conservative.
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
- well-considered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
- west carrollton — a town in W Ohio.