15-letter words containing r, o, u, t, s, l
- 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.
- 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
- horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- 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
- inquisitorially — In an inquisitorial manner.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- name resolution — (networking) The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.