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15-letter words containing l, u, s, h, e

  • summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • 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 jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • 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.
  • u-shaped valley — a steep-sided valley caused by glacial erosion
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
  • urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
  • welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
  • wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
  • zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.
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