15-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- intercolonially — in an intercolonial manner
- intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interculturally — pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures: intercultural exchanges in music and art.
- interelectronic — occurring or existing between electrons
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
- interlacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- intertentacular — situated between tentacles
- intracellularly — within a cell or cells.
- intracerebrally — Within the cerebrum.
- intractableness — The state of being intractable; intractability.
- intrinsicalness — The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- irreconcilement — the quality or state of being unreconciled
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- kernel sentence — a simple, active, declarative sentence containing no modifiers or connectives that may be used in making more elaborate sentences: The sentence “Good tests are short” is made from two kernel sentences: (1) “Tests are short.” (2) “(The) tests are good.”.
- killer instinct — If you say that a sports player or politician has the killer instinct, you admire them for their toughness and determination to succeed.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- 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.
- laptop computer — portable computer
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- lateran council — any of the five ecumenical councils (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512–17) held in the Lateran Palace.
- latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin
- lavender cotton — a silvery-gray, evergreen, woody composite plant, Santolina chamaecyparissus, of southern Europe, having yellow flower heads.
- law-enforcement — of police, anti-crime
- leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.