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15-letter words containing r, o, s, e, l

  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • 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.
  • tortoise beetle — any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
  • total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
  • 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
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
  • 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-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
  • 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.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • 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.
  • unfossiliferous — (of sediment, clay, rock, etc) not containing fossils
  • universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
  • 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.
  • unknown soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
  • unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
  • viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
  • 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.
  • visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
  • visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
  • visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
  • voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
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