15-letter words containing o, c, e, l, t
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- torre del greco — a city in SW Italy, near Naples.
- 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.
- tractor-trailer — a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- tricolor camera — a camera for taking color photographs in which three separation negatives are exposed simultaneously by splitting the light from the subject with prisms and mirrors, and exposing through appropriate filters.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- trochlear nerve — either one of the fourth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the upper part of the eyeball.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- un-come-at-able — not accessible
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.