15-letter words containing o, u, t, s, e, l
- ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- foul one's nest — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- get one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- half-understood — partially understood
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- instantaneously — occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- 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.
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc