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15-letter words containing n, o, s, t, r, i

  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
  • thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
  • thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • to one's credit — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
  • to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
  • 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.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
  • 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 window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
  • translationally — in a manner which uses translation
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
  • transnationally — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
  • transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • trine immersion — a form of baptism in which the candidate is immersed three times, once for each person of the Trinity.
  • trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • trustworthiness — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
  • trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turn inside out — If you say that something has been turned inside out, you mean that it is the opposite of what you expect or think it should be.
  • turquoise green — a light bluish green.
  • twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
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