15-letter words containing l, o, n, r, t
- 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
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- 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.
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- 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
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- 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.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- 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.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- 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
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- 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.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- 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.
- torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianist — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
- town councillor — member of municipal government
- traffic control — management of road use
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another