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15-letter words containing l, u, n, a, r, s

  • louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
  • lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • measurelessness — The state or condition of being measureless.
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
  • muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
  • naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
  • name resolution — (networking)   The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • natural justice — accepted moral principles
  • natural realism — naive realism.
  • natural science — a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.
  • natural varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • natural wastage — Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
  • neutral spirits — nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent, or 190 proof, obtained chiefly from grain or molasses or redistilled from brandy, rum, etc., used for blending with straight whiskies and in the making of gin, cordials, liqueurs, and the like.
  • nil desperandum — never despair
  • noninstrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
  • north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • nuisance caller — someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • one's last hour — the time of one's death
  • ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
  • paid-in surplus — surplus paid in by purchasers of stock certificates sold at a premium.
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
  • parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
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