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15-letter words containing o, u, t, s, e, l

  • 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 role — acting: secondary part
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • 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
  • the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • 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
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
  • virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
  • volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
  • voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
  • well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
  • well-understood — simple past tense and past participle of understand.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
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