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15-letter words containing l, i, t, o, e, s

  • 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
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
  • the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
  • the lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
  • the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • to lie in state — If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
  • 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.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • tortoise beetle — any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
  • total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • 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.
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • 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.
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
  • virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
  • visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
  • visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
  • voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
  • well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
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