15-letter words containing l, a, c, u, s, o
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
- formal calculus — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- islands council — (in Scotland since 1975) any of the three divisions (Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles) into which the Scottish islands are divided for purposes of local government
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- locus classicus — classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.