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15-letter words containing i, s, o, t, a

  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • irrationalistic — Of or relating to irrationalism.
  • irrationalities — Plural form of irrationality.
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • isoamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used in flavorings, perfumery, and as a solvent. Compare banana oil (def 1).
  • isoimmunization — the development of isoantibodies within an individual in order to protect against antigens derived from a different member of the same species
  • isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
  • isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
  • isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
  • italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
  • jnt association — (company)   A non-profit company funded by the UK's advisory committee to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone. In 1970, the United Kingdom Computer Board commissioned Professor Mike Wells to report on UK university networking. As a result, on 1976-11-01, the Network Unit was created which in turn led to the creation in 1979 of a full-time Joint Network Team (JNT) and in 1982 to the creation of JANET. On 1993-12-10, the JNT Association was formed to develop and manage JANET for the education and research community.
  • 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.
  • just intonation — a system of tuning based on the pure perfect fifth and major third.
  • juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • kidasa software — (company)   A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • labor relations — worker-employer relationship
  • labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • ladies'-tobacco — pussy-toes.
  • 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.
  • latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
  • latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
  • 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.
  • lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
  • loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
  • loan investment — a loan made as an investment
  • lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
  • logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
  • lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
  • lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
  • low pass filter — (electronics, graphics)   A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
  • low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
  • lower east side — a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.
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