15-letter words containing n, o, s, u, l
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- succinylcholine — a drug, C14H30N2O4, used primarily as a muscle relaxant, produced by the esterization of succinic acid with choline
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
- sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
- superfluousness — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- 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.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
- suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
- tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- 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.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- 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
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- ultrasound scan — sonograph examination
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- un-fortuitously — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- unbosom oneself — to tell or reveal one's feelings, secrets, etc.
- uncanonicalness — the quality or condition of being uncanonical
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined