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15-letter words containing o, c, e, a, n, s

  • inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
  • inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
  • inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
  • indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
  • inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
  • insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
  • intensification — to make intense or more intense.
  • intercomparison — mutual comparison
  • interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
  • interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
  • lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
  • language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
  • latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
  • lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • lemon socialism — the policy of a government in a nominally free-market country of bailing out large failing private companies with taxpayers’ money
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • long-case clock — tall-case clock.
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
  • magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
  • make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
  • mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
  • miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
  • miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
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