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15-letter words containing l, e, a, t, y

  • tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • 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.
  • tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
  • tetraethyl lead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • tetramethyllead — a colorless liquid, (CH 3) 4 Pb, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and benzene, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
  • 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 paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
  • 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 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 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.
  • 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.
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
  • tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
  • trial by battle — a method of trying an accused person or of settling a dispute by a personal fight between the two parties involved or, in some circumstances, their permitted champions, in the presence of a judge. It was introduced to England after the Norman Conquest and abolished in 1819
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
  • tweet you later — (on the Twitter website) goodbye; see you later
  • ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
  • unadulteratedly — in an unadulterated or genuine manner
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
  • unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • unintentionally — not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list.
  • unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • unobjectionably — without objection
  • unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
  • unrealistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
  • unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
  • valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
  • varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
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