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15-letter words containing l, o, a, n, t, r

  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
  • silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • sinistrodextral — moving or extending from the left to the right.
  • sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • social contract — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
  • solar radiation — energy radiated from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves, including visible and ultraviolet light and infrared radiation.
  • somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
  • sooner or later — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
  • standard dollar — the basic monetary unit of the U.S., since January 31, 1934, containing 15.2 grains of gold, 0.900 fine: previously contained 25.8 grains of gold, 0.900 fine.
  • star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
  • starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
  • starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
  • streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
  • structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
  • sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
  • 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
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • to draw a blank — If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them.
  • tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
  • toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
  • 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.
  • totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
  • totalitarianist — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
  • totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
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